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Temperatures above 50C used to be a rarity confined to two or three global hotspots, but the World Meteorological Organization noted that at least 10 countries have reported this level of searing heat in the past year: the US, Mexico, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, India and China.

In Iran, the heat index – a measure that also includes humidity – has come perilously close to 60C, far above the level considered safe for humans.

Heatwaves are now commonplace elsewhere, killing the most vulnerable, worsening inequality and threatening the wellbeing of future generations. Unicef calculates a quarter of the world’s children are already exposed to frequent heatwaves, and this will rise to almost 100% by mid-century.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

While some argue that the world will soon pass the lower Paris agreement guardrail of 1.5C of heating above the preindustrial average, Schmidt says

Unless 2022 - present turn out to be an anomaly, we already have.

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[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Anyone who is "baffled" is either lying or hasn't been paying attention.

I like to link this video when the subject comes up.

https://youtu.be/oTdpdFUTyqs?si=2iWPf4a_taAAouRf

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

The issue here is that leading climate scientists are saying our current models aren't accounting for the actual reported climate, and they're not sure why it's off. They're hoping the new NASA climate program will provide more data for the causes. Currently it's not explainable by CO2 emissions, sulfur from boats, volcanoes, etc, all of which when factored in still don't account for more than 90% of how much warmer it is getting.

Yes, human caused global warming is real and happening. The big concern right now is it's happening much faster than expected and we have no good, proven theory as to why. That's a problem.

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[–] forrcaho@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

Thanks for using the term 'nonlinearity', I'm now reading about nonlinear dynamic climate systems.

I'd say "thanks, now I'm scared," but I fully expect humans to be a self-limiting species, anyway, so I'm just 'oh, okay' about it all.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This'll happen when the corporations causing this don't do anything about it.

[–] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

First you have to stop capitalist government

lol yeah right

But really though humanity is doomed unless we figure out a way to actually reverse it, because we wont do anything to stop it until its too late to stop (decades ago), so then we wont do anything until it begins creating worldwide problems, which is soon, so by then we will have to have a solution to reverse it.

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