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sawaruna | 5 years ago

The lowering of the planet’s albedo through melting ice sounds like the most worrisome runaway effect.

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pastrami_panda|5 years ago

Yeah there are a couple of really scary factors that might compound into a catastrophe.

The Arctic permafrost is another such factor, it might amount to a twelve fold increase in atmosphere methane content if thawed.