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[quote=Anonymous]Would especially like to hear from geologists and meteorologists in the crowd. The horrific wildfires in Colorado have really hammered it home for me that maybe the time for optimism is over.

You all probably remember that in August of this year, the U.N. held a panel on climate change which essentially said that: 
- some climate changes that we've already seen are irreversible (e.g. flooding, wildfires, and drought)
- because of this, the polar ice caps are melting so sea levels will continue to rise no matter what - we can't reverse it now
- yearly small increases in temperature are having big effects

Does that mean all we can do now is mitigate, not reverse, climate change? And is even mitigating it realistic when half the world refuses to believe climate change is real and/or doesn't want to cut their profits and growth in order to mitigate climate change?

Sooo...I'm asking this in the most sober and non-sensationalist way possible...are we legit living through a calm apocalypse?[/quote]

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