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Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists (www.bbc.com)

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[–] Arrayrepairman 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In this case, one could assume tumbling is related to the temperature and not the situation, leading to an observation that the situation is improving. It is a poor choice of words for this headline.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, as I realized and clarified in a comment of mine down this thread a bit,

Climate records tumble,

Here, "climate records" is the object of the verb "tumble". That is, the thing that is "tumbling" are "climate records".

I agree it's a poor choice of wording for a headline but it is clear what is doing the tumbling on subsequent reads.