Landmark report on impacts of disappearing snow and ice in the Hindu Kush Himalaya – current emissions path threatens two billion people and is accelerating species extinction
Posted by Flat_Tomatillo2232@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 21 comments
FYATWB@reddit
Just saw the banner on the site where I check sea ice
I always said, "you'll know when things are getting bad when you can't find the data anymore".
Flat_Tomatillo2232@reddit (OP)
FML. I did think that the real collapse would be when r/collapse didn't have any more posts because nobody had any awareness of what was going on anymore. I... well... I didn't expect it to come so fast.
AtrociousMeandering@reddit
We'll have 'is anyone there?' posts until the subreddit is unavailable.
The last human words spoken might well be a pleading for someone else to answer.
Temple_T@reddit
Staying alive as long as possible to maximise the possibility that our species' last words are at least funny.
jbond23@reddit
So the disappearance of the data is happening "Faster Than Expected™". Well, there's a surprise.
roblewk@reddit
Society does not care about the next decade let alone the next 50 years.
djosjsnjsodndm@reddit
Older generations want to take the future with them when they die.
No-Papaya-9289@reddit
No, don't blame the older generations. We care a lot about our kids. The problem is the neoliberal economy and capitalists who think only about the short term. Enough of this "ok boomer" crap; it's not the boomers' fault, it's the capitalists.
roblewk@reddit
I just don’t see it that way. The older generation has children and grandchildren. They care, well, most care, but they are at a loss of what to do. What we need is leadership, but there is none. We face the greatest crises mankind has ever seen, at the very worst possible time. We are seeing the rise of fascism when what we need is science.
jbond23@reddit
Two Billion? I wonder how much of the world's population depends on Himalayan glacier water. I think it might be more than that.
faster-than-expected@reddit
This is scary because China, India and, Pakistan are all nuclear powers.
RLN85@reddit
what if these countries instead of fighting each other they decide to allow their citizens to expand to Europe by using nuclear force?
Flat_Tomatillo2232@reddit (OP)
One of the interesting things the article says is that water availability will increase due to melting and then mid-century it will drop. Yikes.
faster-than-expected@reddit
Yes, yIkes.
increase will include flooding as well as flash flooding from glacial dams bursting..
Hilda-Ashe@reddit
Two billion people who live in nuclear-armed countries. That are ruled by authoritarian regimes.
The situation that happened in May 2025 will happen again and again, until at one point, one side will decide that they have had enough of the charade known as diplomacy.
richardsaganIII@reddit
Stronger, faster, quicker than we expected
Flat_Tomatillo2232@reddit (OP)
StatementBot@reddit
The following submission statement was provided by /u/Flat_Tomatillo2232:
SS: A major peer-reviewed study found that Hindu Kush Himalayan glaciers disappeared 65% faster in 2011–2020 compared with the previous decade. The consequences of this will impact a quarter of the world's population. The report finds that the glaciers could lose up to 80% of their volume by end of the century on current trajectory.
Mountain communities are already experiencing "major adverse impacts" including property loss, heritage loss, displacement and psychological harm.
Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/1ltviev/landmark_report_on_impacts_of_disappearing_snow/n1taaic/
NyriasNeo@reddit
"Urgent international support and regional cooperation now vital for inevitable, near-term loss and damage, and to help communities’ adaptation efforts."
Lol .. is anyone gullible enough to believe "urgent international support and regional cooperation". The US voted for "drill baby drill" and "mass deportation". There is a war in eastern europe. There are wars (how many?) in the middle east.
narwi@reddit
Regional coperation would be China and India cooperating and it is really hard to see that.
Flat_Tomatillo2232@reddit (OP)
SS: A major peer-reviewed study found that Hindu Kush Himalayan glaciers disappeared 65% faster in 2011–2020 compared with the previous decade. The consequences of this will impact a quarter of the world's population. The report finds that the glaciers could lose up to 80% of their volume by end of the century on current trajectory.
Mountain communities are already experiencing "major adverse impacts" including property loss, heritage loss, displacement and psychological harm.