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Misleading clickbait headline. Headline should be: "World now likely to hit 1.5 °C rise above pre-industrial levels in the next five years".
by tpmx 5y ago
Misleading clickbait headline.
Headline should be: "World now likely to hit 1.5 °C rise above pre-industrial levels in the next five years".
- jfengel 5y agoThat's the baseline they've been using forever. Whenever the protocols are discussed about limiting the change to 2°C, that's what they mean. They've been warning about the dangers at 1.5°C for many years. It's not an attempt to mislead anybody. They're simply leaving out the "above pre-industrial levels" part that they've said so many times they assume it's not necessary. Especially on HN, where the headlines are sharply limited in length.
- tpmx 5y ago"World now likely to hit 1.5 °C rise above pre-industrial levels in five years" fits. Well, it mislead me, initially.