The main tangible piece of evidence for climate change is to say unequivocally that the global temperature went up by 1 degree by a certain date. We can’t get

The main tangible piece of evidence for climate change is to say unequivocally that the global temperature went up by 1 degree by a certain date. We can’t get beyond 2-3 degrees, 4-6 degrees will have serious consequences. This is the one benchmark that is not ambiguous, whereas talking about polar ice caps melting (at variable rates), or global emission going up/down/stay the same is sort of ‘eh, so what’s that mean? We up 1 degree or not?’. Things that fall under hysteria is the claim that wildfires are because of climate change, or that it’s hotter than it’s ever been in so and so place, or that hurricane season is particularly bad this year because … the boogey man climate change.