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I believe the parent is talking about rate of change rather than absolute temperature. Discounting collisions with large meteors, the statement that the average
by snickms 6y ago
I believe the parent is talking about rate of change rather than absolute temperature.
Discounting collisions with large meteors, the statement that the average temperature over time has never risen so fast is true.
- correct_horse 6y agoHm. I didn't consider that interpretation.
- snickms 6y agoWhen someone talks about anything changing over a period of time, they are talking about slope. There really isn't another interpretation.
- arilotter 6y agoThe post in question writes "have risen higher", which to me reads as if it's saying that the temperature, as a result of rising, is now higher than ever before, not that the rate of change is higher. I would expect something along the lines of "have risen faster" if we were describing the slope of the graph of temperature over time.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoI don’t think that is true. I read it as the maximum, not the slope. The confusion is from the use of higher instead of faster. Faster would be the rate of change while higher is absolute value. > We know for sure that the average temperatures have risen higher in the last 40 years than they have ever before. This could be a year over year increase in maximum, with a very small slope too
- tonyhb 6y agoCorrect, horse (battery staple)! Sorry about that. This interpretation is what I intended - the rate of change has certainly increased like never before.
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