• redtea
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    1 year ago

    It seems like this issue could be one of the factors causing the elephant in the context room:

    But on geologic time scales, polar drift can have an impact on climate, Adhikari said.

    If that’s true, there’s no combatting the other effects of humans on the planet without addressing groundwater displacement. Climate action that only concentrates on one factor will not work.

    The report also claims that one of the two most affected regions in the world is western North America. I wonder how much of it is down to the US insisting on building over deserts and stealing water from indigenous areas to supply settlements.

    Considering how many centuries the indigenous managed to steward the land for, it’s mindboggling how quickly European capitalists were able to cause so much damage. The sooner the US is decolonised, the better; Anglo-Europeans are clearly incapable of looking after things.

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      1 year ago

      I mean, yes, it needs to be dealt with, but geologic time scales are millions of years. It’s certainly not something that resources should be diverted to from the acute climate change crisis.