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minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87·5 days agoI am convinced all the climate change predictions were WAY too generous and reality is gonna be far worse.
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·5 days agoThey were Scientists always were afraid to be too alarmist and be ignored, so they always went conservative with their estimates. Now we are here
minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoEven when trying to be the most realistic, the climate is too difficult to accurately model, due to many variables and interactions between them, like feedback loops, which tend to make our models err on the generous side
minus-squareLady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 days agoYep that’s my fear
minus-squareReHomed@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoIt will be even worse than what you’re expecting right now
I am convinced all the climate change predictions were WAY too generous and reality is gonna be far worse.
They were
Scientists always were afraid to be too alarmist and be ignored, so they always went conservative with their estimates.
Now we are here
Even when trying to be the most realistic, the climate is too difficult to accurately model, due to many variables and interactions between them, like feedback loops, which tend to make our models err on the generous side
Yep that’s my fear
It will be even worse than what you’re expecting right now