Global warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C per decade over the past ten years, compared with just under 0.2°C per decade from 1970 to 2015. The acceleration, which becomes visible around 2013 to 2015, appeared across five major global temperature datasets with more than 98% statistical certainty.
Come to Europe one of these days. We’re at 2.3°C.. Come and see our cities getting closer to temperatures of Phoenix, or the many forest fires, the droughts, powerplants shutting down because of a lack of water, transportation issues. The idiots saying more CO2 being good for plants can ask the farmers how things are going. We’re not having a good summer.
This is the forecast for the next 5 days in Vienna/Austria. Last week was the same. I am fucking exhausted.
Cant wait for Friday.
Ach du liebes Schnitzel, und ich dachte hier in Oberbayern isses übel.
You know what I just realized since America doesn’t use metrics we’re even further isolated from the rest of the world because I have no clue what those temperatures mean
30 C is what you’d probably consider a nice warm summer (86 F). 40 C is 104 F. I’ve seen mention of some places in Europe or Asia hitting 50 C, which is insane. Just add 18 more F to 104.
Anecdotally, just the other day, I roamed around a little and realized that the large rapeseed fields around my city are all totally
burned. EDIT: meant to write: shriveled up. Dry as bone.Just… gone.