• ruford1976@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    what’s worse is that it’s actually 1.6 C

    it says in the article here

    Data released last week from Copernicus, a branch of the European Union Space Programme, shows August was 1.59C warmer than 1850–1900 levels, following a 1.6C increase in July.

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      1 year ago

      Yes but only for a couple of months, averaged over the whole year it’s significantly lower than that. Probably still on track to hit the annual average of 1.5 sometime in the next 10-20 years. Still definitely a dire situation but not entirely out of left field based on the recent estimates.

      The recent records have now lifted the year-to-date global temperature to the end of August to 1.35C above pre-industrial levels, just 0.01C behind 2016 — the current record holder

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        1 year ago

        i had my doubts. i was questioning the lack of coverage of this news.

        regardless there is still good reason to be concerned.