Green - An environmentalist community

5310 readers

1 users here now

This is the place to discuss environmentalism, preservation, direct action and anything related to it!

RULES:

1- Remember the human

2- Link posts should come from a reputable source

3- All opinions are allowed but discussion must be in good faith

Related communities:

Unofficial Chat rooms:

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Earth reaches hottest day ever recorded 3 days in a row (abc30.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a little skeptical of these numbers. It's the hottest day based on average temperatures across the globe, but surely the various readings they take for this have changed significantly over time. Like, the records can't have gone back very far, as back then you'd be looking at a different measurement excluding some key areas.

I don't doubt it's getting hotter, but this feels like a somewhat sensationalist headline.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If anything, we have more temperature days in colder, more remote areas like Antarctica and the middle of the ocean. And those areas are also at record levels.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but that's important context that is missing from the headline.