Americans Just Endured the Hottest Month in 132 Years | NOAA says July was the hottest month on record in the US, surpassing the Dust Bowl-era mark set in 1936.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-10/noaa-july-was-the-hottest-month-ever-recorded-in-the-us?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NjQwMDkxMywiZXhwIjoxNzg3MDA1NzEzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSktQVVRWVFRDWkswMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJEOEIyOEQ5QTJGQUY0RkFFQjdBMkRDRDU4RkI2NEM1MiJ9.vUNEUrOIcg6gnKqLNc6HaKHLBP9yLEQPrC46T6_uHDI

Probably longer. But there weren't thermometers before that.

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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 37d

OrteilGenou@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 37d (4 replies)

Last month was hot hot hot, and it's about to get hotter

This fall

You

Will

Feel

The

Heat

(not a promo, may mother Earth have mercy on us all)

violentfart@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 37d

Time for a fever to burn out the infection.

Tango@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 37d (1 reply)

may mother Earth have mercy on us all

Mama Nature Said

"You're guilty of this crime

"Now it's not just a matter of fact,

"but a matter of time"

floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 37d
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HerbGrower@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 37d

Then we will get the worst rainfall on record and people will be like "lol what drought"...

OwOarchist@pawb.social · 7 pts · 37d (1 reply)

Dust Bowl 2.0 is looking like it's going to be Fire Bowl.

Fun shit, am I right?

SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 2 pts · 37d

The dust is what is left after all the fires. But for a brief moment in time shit is gonna be lit.

hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 37d

well, it's good to get confirmation we understand the physics.

We were never interested in ameliorating any of it, that would require a complete change in the social, political and economic system we live under and that needed change won't be countenanced by those of us causing this (richeat 20%). John Galbraith speaks to this in his excellent book "The Culture of Contetment"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture_of_Contentment

no, not the delusional impalacatory denial liberals suffer of a few solar panels, an ecar and jobs done.

https://theconversation.com/the-new-climate-denial-using-wealth-to-insulate-yourself-from-discomfort-and-change-199101

So... from here we get to witness the accelerating collapse of civilization.