‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/27/scientists-july-world-hottest-month-record-climate-temperatures
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Kerrigor@kbin.social · 13 pts · 3y
Seriously. Climate change is the most useless term, it doesn't have the necessary oomph. Call it climate destruction.
Mysteriarch@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 3y
I think The Guardian has committed a few years ago to call it the 'climate crisis' (they also have a dedicated category page with the title). But yeah, language matters. I tend to use climate catastrophe.
TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com · 0 pts · 3y
I like the name climate crisis. It's formal sounding but conveys the direness of the situation much better than climate change.
Ni@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
I'm with you, I've started referring to it with this name. It's apt, we're in a current crisis not a situation that we will only see effects from generations from now. I talk to a lot of people who seem to think this is a next generation problem, even the current young generation.
schroedingershat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
This is why republicans pushed it as the used term in the bush era.
Yondu_the_Ravager@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
When I look at the weather app on my phone and it tells me of an “excessive heat warning”…. Yeah.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 3y
This summer so far I've had either a non stop smoke warning or a non stop heat warning. Or both!
Yondu_the_Ravager@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Yep, same here. The smoke was so bad there for a while, I’m glad that has subsided.
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
But that's like everyday.
Shit we had an excessive heat warning in the middle of winter last year... It was like 90 fucking degrees. 2 weeks later we had snow!
Yondu_the_Ravager@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
That’s climate change for you. The extremes become more extreme, the weather can fluctuate near daily, and you can have events exactly like you described.
schroedingershat@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
"Hottest month on record" is a massive understatement when there have been 24 consecutive days hotter than any recorded before July 3 this year.
Ni@kbin.social · 9 pts · 3y
Era of global boiling sounds very reassuring. When are our policy makers going to actually start acting?
shectabeni@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 3y
I don't think we will see much in serious action until lots of people start to die and even then some will still drag their feet.
Ni@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
I really hope this isn't the case but I have a feeling you might be right. Why don't we act preemptively instead of firefight (literally in this case) after the fact.
Mysteriarch@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 3y
When we're at 'vaporization' I guess
SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Don’t look up.
ArugulaZ@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
Since the media makes excuses for the rednecks who shoot up malls ("they're suffering from economic anxiety!"), I should get a free pass to slap the ever-loving shit out of a Koch brother, on account of my climate anxiety.