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The average temperature across the entire globe averaged over a year does not mean that each day is subject to the exact average added to it. Global warming in
by colechristensen 4mo ago
The average temperature across the entire globe averaged over a year does not mean that each day is subject to the exact average added to it.
Global warming intensifies differences in weather patterns. Hotter hots, colder colds, more intense storms, etc.
- fc417fc802 4mo agoSeeing as it's so commonly misunderstood I wonder if "catastrophic climate variance" wouldn't have been a better term in hindsight.
- miki123211 4mo agoPeople don't know what variance is. Most people have an intuitive understanding of what an average is, but "distance from the average" is mystifying to them.
- colechristensen 4mo agoAnd if you're trying to sell the public on the numbers of what's concerning, those numbers should be able to communicate the changes they expect. "This number is small but it means BAD THINGS" isn't a very good message
- fc417fc802 4mo agoOk fine I hear you, in that case how about catastrophic climate chaos? It's even alliterative.
- ajmurmann 4mo agoI'm not sure a more complicated term would prevent people who don't want to understand the issue from finding new ways to not understand it.