ohyes, said that here a few weeks ago in a response-post;
there are certain things we cant stop anymore, no matter what; searise is now completly out of our hand, there is literally nothing anymore to stop that whatsoever
from the guardian:
Accelerated ice melt in west Antarctica is inevitable for the rest of the century no matter how much carbon emissions are cut, research indicates.
no shit.
Prof Alberto Naveira Garabato, at the University of Southampton, UK, said: “This is a sobering piece of research. However, it should also serve as a wake-up call…
oh. yeah. another one. “should” serve as…but this time for real. seriously.
“We also call to stabilise and gradually decrease the human population with gender justice through voluntary family planning and by supporting women’s and girls’ education and rights, which reduces fertility rates,” they said.
There’s a part of me, both bleak and dimly hopeful, that thinks that if anyone can shake the economic and political worlds awake on this topic, it’s the insurance companies. Actuarial tables don’t lie.
Of course, by then it’ll probably already be too late.
205 mph winds recorded in Hurricane Otis, the one that devastated Acapulco. Among the highest ever recorded, though they acknowledge that winds that fast sometimes destroy wind measurement devices.
ETA: for reference, the highest ever recorded on US soil is 186mph.
Star column by economist Armine Yalnizyan discusses exactly that, and notes the 
