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This just seems off. We always had heat waves. A 1.2C difference in temperature, while a big deal on a global scale, is not noticeable to anyone not keeping m
by fallingknife 4y ago
This just seems off. We always had heat waves. A 1.2C difference in temperature, while a big deal on a global scale, is not noticeable to anyone not keeping meticulous records. A 2C warmed planet will be .8C hotter in the summer.
- mjburgess 4y agoThat's the ecological fallacy, or mereological fallacy more broadly. What's being described with global mean temperature is not the temperature of any region, weather event, etc. A 2C warming can be a +10C in one region and a -5C in another. The magnitude global mean temperature rise does not imply anything in particular about "summers" or anything of the kind.
- joelthelion 4y agoAnd, in addition to that, a higher temperature means globally more energy in the system. Which means more extreme events, storms, heatwaves, etc.