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this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2024
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IKR? If only we had some way of capturing photographic evidence from satellites and aerial photography that would let us map the advance and retreat of glaciers around the world. That would be really useful technology in ensuring that facts could be used when discussing this important issue.
Oh well, I guess it's too technical to ask for such things after all. Maybe Elon Musk can do something about it in the next decade.
Maybe we could also survey the underside of the ice caps at the same time, while we're at it? Oh, we're alrrady doing that and it's horrible? Alright.