Current Events > Globally, April 2024 was the warmest April since records began in 1850

(+) Yeah! (+)

It legit annoys me when it gets that hot so early and people are like omg iTs So NiCe OuT

It legit annoys me when it gets that hot so early and people are like omg iTs So NiCe OuT

Probably just cold natured. I'm cold natured and I love the summer. In the shade, I could hang out all day even if it's up to like 95F.

Its not even that I dont like the heat (which I dont lol but its truly the humidity I have a problem with) but its just not supposed to be that hot this early in the year (at least where I live) and its like, instead of celebrating that, lets be more concerned about global warming.

But one of the things I wish I could ask is how was the ice age only 4C cooler than today?

Because it's a measurement of global averages not the temp in specific locations.

What am I supposed to do with this information, though?

It's hard to really think/reason about but one interesting thing is that the global average temperature is probably a lot lower than you'd expect. It's around 14-15C

So something like a 4C drop (although I kinda remember hearing the ice ages were 6-7C colder than today) is pretty significant difference. Imagine you add another 1-2 months of snow to the year, while simultaneously removing 1-2 months of time for the snow from the previous year to melt. Suddenly you're gonna be getting longterm snow build-up in a lot of places that weren't, before

It legit annoys me when it gets that hot so early and people are like omg iTs So NiCe OuT

In regards to global warming its usually only the extreme cold and or heat that worries people. If youre in my state and had a very mild winter because of it(maybe) you likely arent going care as much as say, TX? Perhaps that getting a heat wave soon I believe.

In regards to global warming its usually only the extreme cold and or heat that worries people.

So something like a 4C drop (although I kinda remember hearing the ice ages were 6-7C colder than today) is pretty significant difference. Imagine you add another 1-2 months of snow to the year, while simultaneously removing 1-2 months of time for the snow from the previous year to melt. Suddenly you're gonna be getting longterm snow build-up in a lot of places that weren't, before

"GlObAl WaRmInG iS a MyTh!"

The public is largely unaware of the gravity of the situation, with the impending collapse of modern civilization and probable extinction of the human race fast approaching (along with most other forms of life on Earth.)

We are already at about 1.5C above pre-industrial avg temperatures (1850 baseline) and will hit +2C by the next decade. It is accelerating, with no feasible means to slow it down or much less reverse the heating.

It's mainly the fact that people just don't care, but also because some people think it's fake news because Republicans told them it was.

Then you have some people that say "Oh, this person talks about climate change but contributes to it? Yeah imma just ignore you then."

On the other hand, if people were to all magically start caring and want to see governmental and private sector projects invested in to combat the excess carbon in the atmosphere (like through growing abundant plan life known to consume it at high levels but I'm sure that's not the full extent of what we can do), it feels like we could take a lot quicker control of the situation that we're led to believe.

I'm really hoping for as close as we can get to a major Democratic win Congressionally after this summer, or else it really does look like the future is fucked, if not already. Obviously, it's not just the U.S. that's a factor in this, but seeing the level of standard we set in global commerce, I'd hope to see a quick trend toward actually constructively doing real work about mitigating and reversing the effects of climate change.

The Inflation Reduction Act took so long to pass because of people like Joe Manchin, so there needs to be a big enough win that people like him don't need to be placated. Ideally meeting the criteria to get around filibuster problems.

This is true to an extent. You're never going to get the primary cause to stop though, because money is more important than a planet we can live on.

The public is largely unaware of the gravity of the situation, with the impending collapse of modern civilization and probable extinction of the human race fast approaching (along with most other forms of life on Earth.)

We are already at about 1.5C above pre-industrial avg temperatures (1850 baseline) and will hit +2C by the next decade. It is accelerating, with no feasible means to slow it down or much less reverse the heating.

We already have 4C+ warming baked into the system by the end of the century by conservative estimates, which that amount of warming alone in such a short time span spells mass extinction for complex life on Earth. There is no way to reverse that without removing massive amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere with nonexistent or otherwise magical technology.

We cannot maintain the current population without fossil fuels anyway. Our entire civilization and way of life is built upon exploiting energy from fossil fuels along with mass agriculture.