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archive.today • Opinion | Climate Change Is Real. Markets, Not Governments, Offer the Cure. - The New York Times

I don't think it works at archive.today but if you scroll down you get to a header with...

YES, GREENLAND’S ICE IS MELTING

And if you scroll more you get to

But we need to recognize clean energy’s limitations.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A recent paper reanalyzing some old core samples suggested that the last time Greenland was ice free, atmospheric CO2 was lower than it was today, meaning that the complete collapse of the ice sheet is more a matter of when than if. Once it does go, sea levels will rise around 7 meters. Here's what New York city is projected to look like with 5 meters of sea level rise:

Times Square is a bit to the north of the top of this photo but it looks like the Times has a plan to get some beachfront real estate.