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It's already official: You're living through the hottest year on record (grist.org)

submitted 1 week ago by solo@slrpnk.net to c/environment@beehaw.org

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According to the European Union's climate agency, 2024 is also the first year to breach the 1.5 degree Celsius climate threshold.

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[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That sounds about right. July was the hottest I've ever experienced. It was a month of heatwaves. It sucked lol. Not to mention, all the forest fire smoke, so you couldn't run AC without smoking yourself out. It was "great".

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

ACs have filters though? The filters are also replaceable, and sometimes you can get a better grade filter (advertised for people like hayfever sufferers). I would look into it before next summer...

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 2 points 6 days ago

My issue was how my portable AC unit is set up in the window

The solution I have ends up letting air into the room from the outside, which isn't ideal for numerous reasons.

I'll have to see if there's something better that I can use, but so far, this has seemed like the best way.