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    1 year ago

    The first time i tried to talk to my parents about climate change, specifically sea level rise, my dad had us do an experiment where we filled a cup with some ice up to the very tippy top with water. Then, when the cup didn’t overflow when all the ice melted, he noted that there’s still the same amount of water whether it’s liquid or solid (technically true, but obviously ignores some key details, like the fact that not all the ice on Earth is found in the ocean, and that there are impacts of melting ice other than just sea level rise). He concluded that we didn’t have to worry about sea level rise, and it’s all a hoax. I told my science teacher about it, and he simply asked me, “What about all the ice on land? Like Antarctica? That ice isn’t already in the cup.” This was the early '00s.