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[-] ClickToDisplay@lemmy.world 211 points 1 year ago

Slight inaccuracy, the data only goes back to 1979 and has not yet been verified by NOAA which has data going back to 1880.

It’s also worth noting that this is based on the Climate Reanalyzer which is intended for forecasting temperatures, not record keeping.

It would be more accurate to say it was the hottest day ever recorded by the Climate Reanalyzer.

Source: https://time.com/6292103/worlds-hottest-day-preliminary-record/

[-] bric@lemm.ee 86 points 1 year ago

This. It's also not accurate to say it's the warmest we've been in the past 10,000 years, it was likely warmer during the roman warm period, and potentially a couple of other points. So we can only really say it's the warmest we've seen in the last couple hundred years.

That's not to say this isn't concerning, we're on track to smash the roman warm periods average temperatures within our lifetimes and make the earth the hottest it's been since the paleoscene, which would have massive ramifications. But we're not there yet, the problem is that we will likely get there in the next few decades.

[-] Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You act like you use the word Paleoscene like you know when it was.

I don't.

I did however hear on the BBC News Podcast that Nerds are saying we should change the name of the period we're in now to be the "Time of Man" and I realised that I have no idea what Epoch we are currently in.

So I thought I'd ask you. Then I'll memorise your answer and be less dumb.

Please help.

Edit: I know how to use Google but this way is more fun sometimes.

[-] Entropywins@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Holocene is the current geological time it cover from now to a out 11,000 years ago from the last glacial period... The Paleoscene was about 66-56 million years ago.

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