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0 pointsbboygravity2y ago0 comments

"even though heat record after heat record is broken."

It's not really strange that people don't get that argument though right? Since the heat records are only a few 100 years old at most.

If "climate change is real and a problem, because weather heat records" is supposed to be a logical narrative then I can totally understand that people don't follow that logic and just tune out.

I trust the science about global warming, but the logic in those papers is very very far from "climate change is real and a problem, because weather heat records".

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dieortin2y ago

When heat records that stood for a century are now broken every year, it’s a clear indication that something is going on. And it’s clearly a problem. Heat being so high to beat the record is unequivocally a problem.

Anyways, it’s not like those that “tune out” when you point out heat records are being broken every year would listen if you gave them truly scientific arguments.

somsak22y ago

I don't think it's obvious to everyone why heat records being broken are clearly or unequivocally a problem. These projections we've seen from climate scientists have always been off, why should I trust them about the impact of a warmer climate?

kibibu2y ago

Because higher temperatures directly correlate with higher death through heatwave events, and indirectly through more intense weather events and longer fire seasons.

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