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Children at ‘existential risk’ from climate crisis, UK’s top paediatrician says
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2023
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Well we just passed 1.5°, so buckle up for all the dominos to start falling
I live in a northern city and was out in just a T-shirt at night earlier this week. So yeah, something's wrong. Spent most of the summer sucking down wildfire smoke. I'm assuming next year will be worse.
We seem to be hitting seasonal norms soon but I'm not holding my breath. The forecasts here seem very unreliable more than a day or two out in terms of temp... for some reason.
Yeah we're 10 degrees above seasonal averages where I am.