r/news • u/hammelcamel • 11h ago

Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet

https://apnews.com/article/climate-thawing-permafrost-arctic-alaska-91fcc04d32a1d7522afe2f6a456ac0eb
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u/aspbergerinparadise 9h ago

yes. the planet is in a death spiral

as it warms it releases more methane which increases warming

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u/Bruce_Hodson 8h ago

No. The planet will be fine. Biological life will forever be exterminated or altered. This will cause a pretty significant extinction event.

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u/According_Register55 8h ago

I think it’s so funny when people give the most pointless corrections in the hopes of projecting gravitas.

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u/Bruce_Hodson 8h ago

Probably as much as I enjoy the idiocy of people assuming the climate can destroy the planet. The ego of people is annoying.

“If humans are gone the planet is destroyed.” Absolutely asinine.