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Monday was hottest recorded day on Earth
- ljf 2y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/24/record-hottest-day-earth-temperature-july#img-2 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/24/... "All of the 10 hottest days in the last 50 years, occurred in the last 15 years" --- Also: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/25/water-temperatures-near-uk-last-year-were-hottest-on-record-say-scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/25/... UK sea surface temperatures 0.9C higher than the 1961 to 1990 average
- silverquiet 2y agoI've been wondering a lot lately how long can civilization really continue? It isn't looking good to me, but no one could ever accuse me of being an optimist.
- beardyw 2y agoFor those like me who didn't know: "Global surface temperature (GST) refers to the average temperature of Earth's surface. It is determined nowadays by measuring the temperatures over the ocean and land, and then calculating a weighted average. The temperature over the ocean is called the sea surface temperature." Wikipedia
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