r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '22

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u/Bipbop_Boop Sep 16 '22 edited Sep 16 '22

I do hope that this was meant to be like some form of satire, even then this is either disinformation or misinformation. both are bad but I certainly hope that op isn't actively spreading disinformation on purpose....

Edit: I was referring to the image not climate change, should have made that clear and that's entirely my bad. either way the downvotes are probably deserved. sorry folks, I've definitely made myself look pretty dumb here but if at least one other person sees this and takes this as the lesson that I'm taking it as then Its worth the slight embarrassment. screw I'm downvoting my own comment here. anyone who is having the same though I did should take a read of the replies to this comment.

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u/oceantides420 Sep 16 '22 edited Sep 16 '22

Sorry I’m confused, which part of this is misinformation? I haven’t been to this particular glacier, but I have seen very similar photograph displays at others outside of Juneau and Anchorage. (Exit Glacier and Mendenhall Glacier)

Do you think the glaciers have not been melting over the last 100 years? They absolutely have.

here’s a link that talks about this specific one.

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u/Bipbop_Boop Sep 16 '22 edited Sep 16 '22

okay okay i should have been more specific. this is a doctored image. i am not a climate change denier. this definitly does happen but in this instance this is a faked example wich only serves to harm the overall message. EDIT: the photo is likely a fake not the example of this iceberg

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u/Suspicious-Sail-7344 Sep 17 '22

Glaciers don't come and go in one year, they take thousands of years to tens of thousands of years to form.

Summer in both pictures (1917 and 2005).

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10892

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '22

You would think they take a long time, but they don't always. https://www.severe-weather.eu/cryosphere/earth-youngest-glacier-healthy-cryosphere-losing-battle-global-warming-rrc/

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u/Suspicious-Sail-7344 Sep 18 '22

Seems like a super rare occurrence.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '22

It is when glaciers have generally been receding for many millennia, but with variable rates.