World's hottest day since records began

Nabber

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66104822

The world's average temperature reached a new high on Monday 3 July, topping 17 degrees Celsius for the first time. 

US researchers said the new record was the highest in any instrumental record dating back to the end of the 19th century. 

Scientists believe a combination of a natural weather event known as El Niño and mankind's ongoing emissions of carbon dioxide are driving the heat.

It’s toasty out there folks.

magicbastarder

i know it's hackneyed and unoriginal, but what the hey.

Akrasia

Nothing to see here. It's all perfect normal and ok.

Supercell

Yesterday was the third time this week the record has been broken, worrying stuff.

https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1677189542862782465?s=20

Akrasia

The last half decade was affected by back to back La Ninas, that is quite an unusual set up, but even despite these traditionally cooler underlying conditions, global average temperatures were still in the top 5 or 6 hottest ever years (according to NOAA)

So unsurprisingly, as soon as we begin to stray into El Nino, we immediately begin to see unprecedented high temperatures, in both air and ocean surface temperatures.

Climate change is a serious problem. And we're utterly failing to do anywhere enough to prevent it.

The Fossil fuel industry persist in poisoning the planet, and poisoning civil society through deliberate campaigns to block action on climate change

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/05/double-agent-fossil-fuel-lobbyists

magicbastarder

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/07/un-climate-change-hottest-week-world

...

Tell me how

And in the same week.

Netherlands

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/07/05/storm-poly-over-200-flights-cancelled-at-schiphol-airport-as-freak-summer-weather-hits-net

Spain

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2023/jun/01/flood-water-blocks-road-north-east-spain-rain-alert-video

bluedex

When did records begin?

Billcarson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120817556#Comment_120817556

Seeing the likes of this madness drives me to despair, July 12th bonfires being prepared... should be nice for the environment.......

Atlantic Dawn

So there was a team of people in a set number of locations around the world taking daily temperature records every single day since the end of the 19th century? Where can I view this data?

riffmongous

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120819414#Comment_120819414

I'm guessing they are using hindcasting to some extent, calibrated to the available records

SuperBowserWorld

It's game over.

It's a long term resource sharing and maintenance issue. The rich countries would have to give up their over abundance lifestyles. That's not going to happen.

We've replaced needs, healthy food, clean water, soil, air, for wants, regular international travel, cars, disposable consumer goods, fast food, fashion, always on internet "services", obesity, medical band aids, ...

It's not that we'd have to go back to the stone age. But simpler, healthier lives.

It's a climate crisis, environment crisis and a mental health crisis. We just can't act rationally as a species. The more power we acquire, the bigger a risk we become to the planet and ourselves.

I used to think we had a bit of sense and cop on in this country. But throw some money our way and we go nuts too. Think my parents generation were the last generation, mostly, to have any kind of sense.

Markus Antonius

All this talk of "Fire" and "burning" and "record heat" and yet still no smoking gun that there is actually a problem with the climate.

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120819414#Comment_120819414

Yes there was actually, but computers and modelling filled in the gaps

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120819489#Comment_120819489

What smoking gun are you looking for?

Billcarson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120819465#Comment_120819465

I had really hoped that the 2020s would see the world tackle climate change head on but so far its just the same half hearted approach.We desperately need new innovative ideas etc. I really hope this won't be another decade wasted...........

Markus Antonius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120819790#Comment_120819790

Anything that would convince me that there is something out of the ordinary.

The only thing I've learned from this ongoing climate disaster is that people will literally believe anything they are told in light of zero scientific evidence

Pherekydes

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120819790#Comment_120819790

Probably looking for melting of the permafrost in Siberia, or some such.

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120819867#Comment_120819867

If you think there is zero evidence that something is wrong with the climate then you're not paying very close attention

magicbastarder

by the time we have a smoking gun, we'll have a smoking planet. we have no other earth to compare to, so how would you prove it anyway?

i always chuckle at that attitude, we should do nothing till we're sure. that's a hell of a gamble to take.

here's a question you could ask the deniers; what % likelihood is there that global warming is anthropogenic? say they answer 20%.

then say to them, will you give me €1000 of your money, and i'll give it back to you. but wait; there's a 20% chance i won't. they wouldn't in a million years take those odds, but they're happy with doing nothing about global warming because there's only a 20% chance we're to blame.

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120819886#Comment_120819886

Hope nobody shows him this

https://www.science.org/content/article/siberia-s-gateway-underworld-grows-record-heat-wave-thaws-permafrost

Markus Antonius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120820200#Comment_120820200

You do realise that on any given day climate change doesn't even cross the mind of the vast majority of people?

I suggest a detox from television and internet, and you will find that the world is doing great. 👌

NSAman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120819399#Comment_120819399

Yet Canada sets fire to thousands of acres sending smoke everywhere?

AllForIt

I think we need to start thinking about iving underground untll such time we can evacuate to Mars.

Hungry Bear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058303748/worlds-hottest-day-since-records-began

Amazing it's calculated on a global scale.

Supercell

We are headed towards extinction , only a matter of time, probably within the next 200 years or less. Earth will be turned in Venus, "don't look up" in real life.

Only positive I see is that we will probably be OK in Ireland for the next generation or two but 100 years from now who knows. At least I'll be gone as will my kids by then.

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120820640#Comment_120820640

So what?

People don't think every day about the harm they're doing to themselves by smoking but some day they'll end up in hospital wishing they had listened to the doctors 30 years ago when it could have made a difference

People are terrible at judging risks, especially long term. By the time the consequence are apparent it's often too late.

We have known for decades about climate change. The consequences are enormous on a global scale yet some people want to wait until they start coughing up blood before accepting the evidence and deciding to act (it's too late by then)

And then there are those who deliberately lie about the science for their own gain. Sociopaths every last one of them

Markus Antonius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120820777#Comment_120820777

It really is amazing, not like the localised climate damage that we Irish do to Ireland only.

And one thing is for sure - neither the data will be shown nor the person/people responsible for carrying out the work will be credited.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120823810#Comment_120823810

If climate change is getting worse, then why is life expectancy increasing?

And then there are those who deliberately lie about the science for their own gain. Sociopaths every last one of them

Lie about the science? Can you name me one scientific journal that publishes anti-climate change papers?

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120823956#Comment_120823956

Firstly, changes in human life expectancy is almost entirely based on the wealth of the demographic group you're studying. If you're relatively wealthy you can mitigate the effects of most things, from war to pandemics to climate change.

For lower socio economic groups and even in relatively wealthy places like America, life expectancy is already falling in places due to poor healthcare, addiction, pollution and malnutrition. As climate changes, the impacts on the economy of crop failures, pandemics and war will exacerbate inequality globally and within economies.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-62824357

Climate change is one factor out of many that affect human life expectancy. But if economies start to falter due to instability caused by climate change then it's not good for human development.

On the other hand, tackling climate change will lead to cleaner air in our cities and prevent millions of premature deaths and long term illnesses.

Regarding lying about climate science. It's not the peer reviewed science that is dishonest, it's the lobbiests and PR industry, fake experts and cranks who create blogs and YouTube channels just to spread mis-information, who corrupt politics and public discourse. No different to the lies the tobacco industry spread for decades to allow them to addict generation after generation of teenagers, the fossil fuel industry use the exact same tactics.

I'm talking about the paid shills who set up fake institutes and publish fake reports and go on the internet and media spewing out misinformation and 'fear uncertainty and doubt' to deliberately discredit the actual science

Desmog.com has a good database of the thousands of shill groups involved in spreading lies. Sociopaths, all of them including,

Global Warming Policy Foundation

The Heartland Institute

Competition Enterprise Institute

Koch industries (they fund hundreds of individual campaigns, funnelling money through umbrella accounts and anonymous donations)

Etc etc

Billcarson

Why bother even replying to climate change deniers. Waste of Time!

magicbastarder

Markus Antonius is literally a flat earther. Not worth bothering.