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It’s 90 degrees Farenheit (32°C) in the Arctic right now | The Arctic is heating faster than the rest of the planet. New data illustrate how dire that is (www.scientificamerican.com)

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[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Technically we deterraformed Earth. Terraforming implies we're making it more earth like when we're doing the opposite.

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[–] morto@piefed.social 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Can earth become less earth-like? I'd argue that we're changing the comparison standard so that more planets become more earth-like

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[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

So we are terraforming many planets without even setting foot on them, what an accomplishment!

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[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

The main attributes of this planet are skewing away from habitability not towards it.

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[–] boobookittyfrick@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

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[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Technically Earth is always exactly like Earth.

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

well, getting rid of the majority of humans will make it better for everything else, so there is that.

that we're doing it to ourselves is gob smackingly stupid.

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