• Bread@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Yesterday I tried to explain wet bulb to my family cause they’re outdoorsy and not used to thinking about dangerously hot conditions.

    Did not receive the best response but at least they will recognize the term now.

    • G_Wash1776@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s pretty wild, the world went about seven years without breaking the record, and we’ve broken it in two days.

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    1 year ago

    Man, look at that jump. All graphs from this year have been like that and a similar timescale. North Atlantic sea surface temperature and Antarctic sea ice extent anomaly come to mind

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      1 year ago

      If warming is a nonlinear process, then this jump is really when it all becomes undeniable.