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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 55 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They know why.

Never believe these cowardly fucks when they try to absolve themselves of knowledge of environmental collapse.

[–] Eco@hexbear.net 46 points 2 months ago (2 children)

i mean even if they know the cause of the cause that's not the same as knowing the cause if you get me

it's probably more accurate to say they don't know what climate change-induced process is causing the cooling but that's not as good a headline

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 31 points 2 months ago

This. I work at a research lab and we don't know shit about shit. Sure, we can gesture vaguely at anthropogenic climate change, but that doesnt get you published.

[–] HamManBad@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago

The fact that it's probably several different climate-induced processes causing the change makes it very difficult to establish causality. All we know definitively is that shits fucked

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

bypass paywall: https://archive.is/VQk3s

I would have assumed it was due to a weakening of the North Equatorial/Gulf Stream Current. the IPCC Sixth Assessment said that would be a thing that happens, though it probably wouldn't collapse entirely.

even so, a weakening would have dramatic impacts.

kinda surprised it isn't mentioned in the article as a "maybe" or whatever.

[–] gueybana@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

probably wouldn't collapse entirely

probably

agony-shivering

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 months ago

The AMOC weakening was my first thought as well. In fact there was a previous study that predicted this could happen around 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/25/gulf-stream-could-collapse-as-early-as-2025-study-suggests

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And that’s… good? Right? anakin-padme-2

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 months ago

*narrator:* it was not good

[–] BobDole@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

The good news is that the Brits won’t have grey rainy winters anymore. Bad news is they’re gonna need steeper pitched roofs.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

It's an updraft of cope ium, judging by how so many people are taking it during consistent global temperature average increases.