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I hope this turns out to just be an anomaly, but I know that's likely not the case. The kicker is that global warming isn't even terribly hard to prevent, just
by matteoraso 2y ago
I hope this turns out to just be an anomaly, but I know that's likely not the case. The kicker is that global warming isn't even terribly hard to prevent, just give up your car and you've pretty much done your part.
- Towaway69 2y agoFor me, the best visualation of temperature change over the last 170 years was the graphic in this article[1] Going by that graphic, I doubt very much that it was an anomaly. [1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-10-10/temporary-overshoot-global-climate-target-1-5-degree-damage/104449214 https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-10-10/temporary-ove...
- matteoraso 2y ago>I doubt very much that it was an anomaly. The article that OP posted says the odds that it's not an anomaly is around 80%, so there's still a 1 / 5 chance that this is just noise.
- Towaway69 2y agoAt what point should we believe in climate change? When the first islands disappear under the raising sea levels? When the first cities become uninhabitable because of rising temperatures? When the first wars begin over of resources that aren't there anymore? Or when the there are no container ships to bring cheap products from China, or long distance air travel becomes prohibitively expensive, or climate refugees start knocking at our doors? I.e. when it is us who are personally affected? Most of humankind will select option four, we shouldn't wonder.
- matteoraso 2y agoOh, I'm not denying climate change, I'm just saying that we can't say for certain whether or not we passed the Paris Agreement threshold, even though it's likely that we did.