Taking into account all known factors, the planet warmed 0.2 °C more last year than climate scientists expected. More and better data are urgently needed.
When a year or month is not as warm we always say “you can’t judge on a single outlier, the average is upwards” Maybe 2023 will not turn out to be an outlier and it needs to be examined of course (and I know people are) but there’s also no need to immediately go to “we’re in uncharted waters.” Not to mention weaselly headlines like “we could be…” immediately make me lose all confidence in the author.
Media sensationalism is part of the problem even when we think they’re agreeing with us.
When a year or month is not as warm we always say “you can’t judge on a single outlier, the average is upwards” Maybe 2023 will not turn out to be an outlier and it needs to be examined of course (and I know people are) but there’s also no need to immediately go to “we’re in uncharted waters.” Not to mention weaselly headlines like “we could be…” immediately make me lose all confidence in the author.
Media sensationalism is part of the problem even when we think they’re agreeing with us.
It’s the scientific community giving an exasperated “we’re fucked”, my guy.
It’s all outliers and constant “once a century” weather events these days.
Yup. These are expert scientists with their hands up in the air explaining how this shit is exponentially hitting the fan.
This is an inflection point. The fire alarms are blaring.
They should get every penny of funding available to deal with this.
It’s not just about funding the scientists; it’s about defunding the pollution (e.g. quit massively subsidizing roads and parking).
Yeah. It’s only been…almost every month for the past several years has been the hottest on record ever. Definitely just a fluke,