• JoshuaFalken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    24 days ago

    If you take a look at geologic time, we’ve had huge climate swings… I think it’s far more likely that it’s just sunspot activity, or something just in the geologic eons of time where we have changes in the climate.

    • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      24 days ago

      from the article in the OP:

      The global warmth is linked to human-caused climate change and a powerful El Niño event, which ended in June.

      do give it a read. it also refers to this abnormal set of temperatures being more of a trend over the past twenty years rather than a one-off event like sunspot activities.

      i don’t quite see the point of ostriching ourselves into denying our part in climate change. all that does is absolve the large corporations that have accelerated it of any blame.

      • JoshuaFalken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        24 days ago

        I didn’t format my comment to show it was a quote from Ron Johnson as Jerboa crashes time to time when adding a link to text, and I ignored formatting altogether the third time I tried to make the comment. I’ve edited it to include what should have been there in the first place.

  • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    24 days ago

    In my current part of Aus, the weather has shifted creepily warm over the past month. It feels like the weather skipped a month.

  • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Ughhh and here I am freezing my arse off down here. I’ll take a nice 40 over Antarctic winds, rain, and hail.

    • JoshuaFalken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      24 days ago

      This is a contributing factor to why we transitioned from ‘global warming’ to ‘climate change’. It isn’t about getting hotter - it’s about how the effects will be wildly inconsistent across the globe, both in terms of geographic region and severity.

    • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      24 days ago

      don’t worry, friend. it wouldn’t be long before that ice sheet has melted and the rest of the world is virtually set on fire.

      we’ll all collectively give up mother earth so that you can keep your arse toasty warm.

  • norimee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Many people seem to overlook that IT IS WINTER RIGHT NOW IN AUSTRALIA.

    41°C / 107°F WINTER WEATHER.

    That’s why this temperature is high.
    Of course it’s not that high if you compare it to phoenix or some desert in the hight of summer.