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Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening? (www.nytimes.com)
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“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.

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[–] 84 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My wife told me I was a doomer gloomer for not wanting to have kids due to climate uncertainty. I wanted to adopt instead.

I'm terrified of how the world will look over the next century for my 6 month old son.

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  • [–] 133 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Assuming you're asking in good faith, the difference would be helping someone through this hell-hole that's already here, and was disadvantaged at the start. As opposed to bringing someone in.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago

    On top of that, having kids carries a massive carbon footprint. An adopted kid is already penciled in for that. I'd even wager a kid in the system would be more of a burden on carbon levels than one in a home.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    The user is interpreting it as the OP wanted to not have kids because of climate uncertainty - did not want to raise a kid that would have to deal with the climate. So instead they adopted a kid to raise someone else's kid in a world where they would have to deal with the climate.

    I think OP is implying reduction of population but the comment kinda reads weird.

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