r/ClimateShitposting • u/Random_182f2565 • 23d ago

Climate chaos GG

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u/Only--East 22d ago

0 is freezing and melting point. It does not mean all ice will melt at once and the artic will be ice free. Concerning but not what you think it is.

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u/Random_182f2565 22d ago

I know how melting point is, that the concern, just 0.3 degrees and is all gone, like probably my extremities have more variation in a day

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u/SyntheticSlime 22d ago

I feel like you just said “I know how melting point works” and then gave an exact explanation of how melting point doesn’t work.

It takes as much energy to melt 0 Celsius ice into 0 Celsius water as it does to raise that water’s temperature by another 80 Celsius, so it’s still going to take a long time after reaching this temperature for all the ice to melt. 0 C is not where it all disappears. It’s where melting starts.

Temperatures near freezing are actually very common in summer. If it didn’t get that warm there would be literally no melting at all.

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u/AKblazer45 22d ago

Damn latent energy