▲ 595 ▼ UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge (english.elpais.com) submitted 2 years ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 188 comments fedilink hide all child comments On Friday, the globe hit 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees) above pre-industrial levels for the first time in recorded history
[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 36 points 2 years ago (3 children) I wonder if I'll be alive for the moment everyone goes from "This is bullshit and I'm going to ignore it" to "Oh no who could have seen this coming?" permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] PizzaMane@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago Some people will never admit anything is happening. They'll just blame everything on something else. We are already seeing the effects of climate change. If they were going to admit it, they would have done so already. permalink fedilink source parent [–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* There are constant cycles of 'fuck around' and 'find out' that are naturally occurring, pay too close attention and you'll see more than you want to. Like 5g conspiracies were always fucking dumb, but I'll be damned if I didn't hear almost nothing serious about them after someone decided to try and bomb a city block over it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago We're gonna go from ignoring it to seeding the atmosphere permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PizzaMane@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago Some people will never admit anything is happening. They'll just blame everything on something else. We are already seeing the effects of climate change. If they were going to admit it, they would have done so already. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* There are constant cycles of 'fuck around' and 'find out' that are naturally occurring, pay too close attention and you'll see more than you want to. Like 5g conspiracies were always fucking dumb, but I'll be damned if I didn't hear almost nothing serious about them after someone decided to try and bomb a city block over it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago We're gonna go from ignoring it to seeding the atmosphere permalink fedilink source parent