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[–] Clbull 44 points 11 months ago (14 children)

I think climate change is happening far sooner than scientists could have predicted. We focus on increased global average temperatures but I think that we are going to have insanely hot summers sooner. We're fucked.

[–] andrei_chiffa 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, no - it's just as scientists predicted. In the worst-case "no-mitigation" scenario and with attempts from them to explain that +2 global will likely be +10 in peak temperature increase over land (read US, Europe, Asia). As in, both mean and std will increase, but without ocean's mitigation over land.

Fucked is not the correct word - there is a +50 predicted before the end of decade in Strasbourg, where I am from. There is not a single building built there made to resist that kind of temperatures, nor a single tree or crop that could stand that for a day.

And it's a relatively "safe" area as far as long-term projections go...

[–] Clbull 2 points 11 months ago

Fucked is not the correct word - there is a +50 predicted before the end of decade in Strasbourg, where I am from. There is not a single building built there made to resist that kind of temperatures, nor a single tree or crop that could stand that for a day.

And it’s a relatively “safe” area as far as long-term projections go…

I would love to read the source on this, not because I think it's bullshit but because that is pretty fucking alarming.

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