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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 50 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Sounds too complicated to be true. Obvious explanation is Jewish Space Laser!

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 17 points 16 hours ago

Ha, you believe in space

[–] Allero 1 points 9 hours ago

Palestinian*

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 144 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

Good luck convincing the rubes that. Literally heard jokes about "global warming" today in the office. Had to say, well its climate change actually and wild shit means its not doing good.

[–] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 16 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

'It's not okay to be this stupid.'

[–] EFrances@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 9 hours ago

Speaking of which ~

5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know

https://www.wired.com/story/5-physics-equations-everyone-should-know/

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 53 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Should have called it "climate instability" or "climate chaos" from the start.

[–] 474D@lemmy.world 36 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It shouldn't have been "save the planet", it should have been "save the humans" because the planet will be here long after we're gone

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 21 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (7 children)

There once was an explosion the size of Russia because the coal and oil underneath it got in contact with magma, killing 99.8% of all life on earth (before the dinosaurs) 🦕🦖- this process released more CO2 in the atmosphere than if we would burn all the fossil fuel today (I’ve forgotten by how much more)

Earth took its time, couple million years, but the carbon-silicate balance was restored. Edit: Fun fact 2 - during this time there are records of winds >800 mph, acid rain and temperatures >180°F

Fun fact: There was not a single mass extinction because of the shift of the magnetic poles, all mass extinctions can be linked to the carbon-silicate balance.

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Climate Crisis is my preferred term. Gets the point across quite nicely.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 18 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

"war on summer" might be the only one that works

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[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 9 points 16 hours ago

Please don't get yourself fired!? Facts themselves are political these days:-(.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 36 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Easy money.

"It's cold as fuck because a monster bolus of hot air hit the arctic from the other side of the planet, sent a chunk of the polar vortex down here. Heat directly caused this. Did you have a problem with the word 'bolus', or perhaps understanding the Earth is spherical? Was 'spherical' too big a word? I can dumb this down if need be."

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 28 points 22 hours ago

Yeah except I myself didnt know that directly either. I just knew that, no, this is because of climate change not in spite of it.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 60 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

The graphic isn't all that accurate. The text says a colder period is because of a warmer planet but then the cold area from a meandering jet stream looks larger. The missing part is the warmer air that leaks into the polar areas, causing a feedback loop by further deteriorating the balance of cold and warm that drives the jet stream.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 27 points 20 hours ago

You try drawing spherical stuff on a flat surface. Shits hard 🤣🤣

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 38 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Last time that much fresh water got dumped in the Atlantic ocean (when the glacier over north america melted) it resulted in an ice age over Europe... So... Good luck guys 👍

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Will it cool Australia? Its 45°C next week

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 8 hours ago

how dare you not let me enjoy the next few days of reasonable temperature in peaceful ignorance 😭

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 16 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Phew. Glad I'm not in Europe

[–] SoJB@lemmy.ml 21 points 19 hours ago

Western Europe in particular benefits from being warmer than its latitude would suggest due to Atlantic Ocean currents.

These currents are literally a coin toss away from breaking down, and it’s getting worse every year. Climate scientists are in unanimous agreement that the collapse is coming, and faster than a geologic timescale.

If (when) this happens, European countries will look more like Siberia than the Mediterranean.

Humanity is already dead. The time for drastic action was 30 years ago. We’re just talking corpses.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Phew glad I'm in a ski resort lol

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Boutta get a few new glacier slopes.

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[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I'm ok with colder temperatures. Maybe the tourists will fuck off. (I live in a tourist trap in the Arctic)

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Norway, very little of Iceland is in the Arctic.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Great, I'm comin' to be an annoying tourist now that I know 👍

[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 11 points 22 hours ago

I swear just a few years ago it was polar vortex this polar vortex that on the news everyday about the cold weather and I haven't heard it once this year.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Weird, we're experiencing the opposite in Europe.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 30 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

That's because the polar vortex slid off the Arctic onto North America, allowing warmer air to creep northward on your side of the globe. I remember in '21, while we had record cold in the southern US, Siberia was on fire.

[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Parts of Siberia are still on fire. Slava Ukraine

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