Global warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C per decade over the past ten years, compared with just under 0.2°C per decade from 1970 to 2015. The acceleration, which becomes visible around 2013 to 2015, appeared across five major global temperature datasets with more than 98% statistical certainty.
  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 个月前

    Finally, some good news.

    This is either sarcasm or deep, distressing cynicism. Even though I wrote it, I’m not sure which it is.

    • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 个月前

      Sarcasm. Cynicism is the attitude that all people are driven by selfishness. Which is true, but not related to your statement.

      • Tango@piefed.caEnglish
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        2 个月前

        As a fan of Diogenes, I feel obliged to point out that Cynicism is not the same as pessimism. Cynicism is the philosophical belief that society/civilization was a mistake and that humans would be best advised to follow the example of dogs, who are (generally) innately happy creatures who don’t worry about pointless abstract things like real estate ownership and licensing agreements.

  • humanspiral@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 个月前

    1.5°C Threshold Could Be Exceeded Before 2030

    Threshold is based on rolling 10 year average. Every year since 2023 has had at least one dataset report 1.5C threshold. 2026 will continue that trend.

  • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 个月前

    Color me shocked.

    Utah, now, is where Arizona was 20 years ago. We barely had any snow this last winter. I did not need to shovel my driveway at all.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 个月前

    Hey! This is at least the tenth time I’ve seen this headline in the last twenty years!

  • Batmorous@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 个月前

    Still never give up everyone!!! We got this!! The more of us doing together worldwide the better!!

  • auzy1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 个月前

    Even if you ignore anything else, just speak to ANY mountaineer, and they’ll all tell you that glaciers are drying up

    • NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 个月前

      Conservatives in the US (at least as a platform, not so much down to the individual) have mostly given up pretending that the climate isn’t changing, they are just refusing to take responsibility for it. They are currently pretending it’s an act of God/ nature and that it’s laughable for man to be able to influence it.

    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 个月前

      Lakes in Minnesota are frozen something like 30 days less per year on average than they were in 1975.

      Climate change deniers are either stupid, greedy, or both.

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 个月前

      yeah, back when i was young and had energy there was this 12 mile run up a mountain to the glacier (or where it was) and back i’d do once or twice a year. last time i saw the glacier was like, 20 years ago.

  • gandalf_der_13te@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 个月前

    so just to put this in context: we’re having a doubling of installed solar capacity around every 3 years. currently we have 3% of total energy supply from solar energy. so it will take maybe another 15 years to get close to 100% renewable energy (if we assume that exponential growth continues). source: ourworldindata (go to website and hover over solar energy to see numbers)

    so we’ll end up in 2040 with roughly … let me do the math … 1.6°C total temperature difference compared to 1970 in 2040?

  • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 个月前

    Unfortunately the problem with global warming is that it happens very slowly over time. Scientists were warning us of the impacts of global warming for at least a decade but we have somehow prioritized the short term gains and now we and our children will bear the fruits of our negligence.