There have been record temperatures every day for more than a year. Scientists are investigating what’s behind the extraordinary measurements.

“There’s no ambiguity about the data,” said Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist and the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. “So really, it’s a question of attribution.”

Understanding what specific physical processes are behind these temperature records will help scientists improve their climate models and better predict temperatures in the future.

  • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
    232·
    8 months ago

    Or even then. If it makes a penny less profit, it’s not going to happen.

    • ITypeWithMyDick@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      8 months ago

      Dont know why people are downvoting you. If it doesnt make money then it wont make change.

      This isnt a fairytail. We arent promised a happy ending.

      • Scurouno@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        7 months ago

        The majority of fairy tales (as told throughout human history) do not have happy endings. They were typically told to teach or reinforce hard social truths to prepare young people for the world. The “fairy-tale ending” is really an anachronism of modern, capitalistic story telling. Happy fantasy sells, and reinforces myths that benefit the elite, such as upward social and financial mobility (see Jane Austin, or every Disney movie), and the opportunity to become part of the landed gentry. The belief that everything always works out is itself a major piece of the capitalists propaganda machine, and because we fall for this, we keep making decisions against out best interests - We are all just one fateful encounter away from becoming rich or famous after all.

      • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
        22·
        8 months ago

        Reality isn’t fun to think about when you know nothing you do matters.

    • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      This has not always been the case, nor does it have to be now. I’m not what has to be done to get government officials on board, but if that doesn’t change soon the future looks pretty bleak.

      • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        8 months ago

        I just can’t imagine our current political systems being capable of passing enough laws and regulations to turn it around. We have to have nearly the entire planet to agree on something?! Fuck.