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Another Summer of Record Setting Heat, and the Climate Denial Continues.
The planet is dying, and we can no longer avoid the conversation.
Another day, another not so subtle reminder that our climate is collapsing and the planet is dying. Another summer where we hear the same “unprecedented heat wave” and “record setting” conversations on a consistent basis. Another summer seeming doomed to more fire, drought, and dangerous heat.
Laura Paddison with CNN writes:
This week saw the hottest global temperature ever recorded, according to data from two climate tracking agencies that covers multiple decades.
On Monday, the average global temperature reached 17.01 degrees Celsius (62.62 Fahrenheit), the highest in the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction’s data, which goes back to 1979. On Tuesday, it climbed even further, reaching 17.18 degrees Celsius and global temperature remained at this record-high on Wednesday…
…Experts warn that the record could be broken several more times this year. Robert Rohde, lead scientist at Berkeley Earth, said in a Twitter post on Tuesday that the world “may well see a few even warmer days over the next 6 weeks.”…”
