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Scientists get a shocking glimpse of Arctic climate change: Researchers who visited Svalbard expected deep snow, but instead they found meltwater pools and thawed ground. (yaleclimateconnections.org)
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[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

So they didn't ask anybody there what the weather was like before they arrived?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Huuurrr duuuurrrr funny

Researchers expected deep snow because that is how the climate is supposed to be there, it's supposed to be freezing cold yet it's all thawing.

If you can't understand that that is a major issue then I invite you to go back with your maga friends who all think it's funny to joke about the subject that very well may mean the end of humanity as we know it.

[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 hours ago

lol. Hey buddy, believe it or not, I'm on your team. I was poking fun at the clickbait headline. Since there's a city there, with people, and climate change has been happening for awhile now, I would be shocked if the researchers didn't expect what they saw when they arrived. They could have checked a weather app ffs.

So uh, chill out, okay?