The leap in temperatures over the past 13 months has exceeded the global heating forecasts – is this just a blip or a systemic shift?

Temperatures above 50C used to be a rarity confined to two or three global hotspots, but the World Meteorological Organization noted that at least 10 countries have reported this level of searing heat in the past year: the US, Mexico, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, India and China.

In Iran, the heat index – a measure that also includes humidity – has come perilously close to 60C, far above the level considered safe for humans.

Heatwaves are now commonplace elsewhere, killing the most vulnerable, worsening inequality and threatening the wellbeing of future generations. Unicef calculates a quarter of the world’s children are already exposed to frequent heatwaves, and this will rise to almost 100% by mid-century.

  • LustyArgonianEnglish
    1•4 months ago

    Lol it’s genuinely wild to say life is “fine” while admitting a large extinction is taking place and may require millions of years to re-evolve. It does seem like “moving goalposts” (a sign of sophistry on your part) to include this in the definition of “fine.”

    I agreed to disagree there though.

    Yes, conditions for life were in some ways harsher. But we have new conditions that make it harsh in a different way, and we don’t have the same conditions as before when multicellular life first evolved (ypur claim that life will definitely evolve again).

    Maybe I’m not “looking to dunk,” and you’re just losing?

    I’m free to downvote whatever. That’s how Lemmy works.

    Sorry you took this exchange so personally lol. Weird of you to start insulting and getting grouchy when I agreed to disagree previously as a matter of different perspective.