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World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit (www.bbc.co.uk)
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The last 12 months were the hottest on record, temporarily sending the world past a deeply symbolic mark.

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[โ€“] HubertManne@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

waiting for all the "well we really haven't breached it till we see multiyear it might be a blip". Its a full year. that is more than enough. I would say we really breached it before 2023.

[โ€“] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

๐Ÿคฆ

[โ€“] livus@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Damn.

[โ€“] RickRussell_CA@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I wish people would stop using words like "symbolic". This isn't a symbol. Calling it one threatens to dilute the message.

[โ€“] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

It was symbolic though, as welll as based on evidence. The world's commitment to take action to avoid breaching the barrier was a symbol of united, global political action. The fact that we have failed... and failed ahead of predictions is of course deeply worrying.

[โ€“] shroomaroomboom@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Here in Seattle we have trees blooming early February. We've hit mid 50's several weeks in a row. It's just so weird.

On the other hand, most folks are happy it's not freezing outside. ๐Ÿค”