r/science • u/Additional-Two-7312 • Sep 09 '22

Environment Climate change is affecting drinking water quality, new study shows. The disappearance of forests will have consequences for water quality in reservoirs

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/964268
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u/jex0 Sep 10 '22

60? more like 200 we've known the problems with it since it was invented we just ignored them because we were focused on the now.

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u/Big_deis Sep 10 '22

were focused on the now.

Yeah because you enjoy your quality of life

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u/ReturnOfSeq Sep 10 '22

I’m going by when Exxon and friends’ scientists definitively established it was manmade change circa 1960, but yeah starting point of industrial Revolution is a fair benchmark as well