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Will heatwaves become our new normal?
(www.bbc.com)
That headline feels a decade to late.
BBC, are you utterly incompetent? Do you understand absolutely nothing? What is your point in phrasing it this way? I choose to be generous and assume it's a very poor attempt at clickbait.
Already have
My mega neighbor was complaining about the strange weather and how it is affecting his garden. I wanted to explain climate change to him, but like I said he a Trump supporter so he won't listen.
"You see here, when you take the black rock thats burried deep underground for hundred of million years and burn it. The ghosts of dinosuars will collectively piss on your garden."
"You see here, when you take the black rock thats burried deep underground for ~~hundred of million years~~ 6000 years and burn it. The ghosts of dinosuars will collectively piss on your garden."
Fix it for you
A rare exception to Betteridge's law,
In this case, the answer is a resounding "yes"
But extremes in both directions of the mercury will become more common, as winds change too
Basically, we're fucked. It's also too late unfortunately
US found a solution - just don't measure it or talk about it. There - problem solved.
Ah, the Trump covid method.
Every 0.1 degrees matter
I agree
Now try to convince the people in the West with their lifestyle to sacrifice even the tiniest thing
Then try to convince everyone in the world who aspires to that lifestyle that they shouldn't have it, because the people who got there first fucked things for them
Good luck with that
Like all other times such news articles were published with a surprised tone : Yes. Of course, yes. How could it possibly not become normal in the following years ?
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2025
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