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The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists.

The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction.

The figure surpasses the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) - set back in August 2016.

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[–] Arayvenn@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I used to think the more apparent and devastating outcomes of climate change were bound to hit long after I passed away, but now I'm not so sure. Local storms are becoming more and more serious with every passing year, each summer is less bearable than the last and the nearby forests are burning down for the 2nd summer in a row. We are definitely speedrunning this shit.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most of the climate change predictions I've heard in my lifetime have talked about stuff that would happen by 2050 or 2100. It's always been bullshit, just a way of pushing out the consequences beyond a timeframe we can actually conceive of effectively. In reality this shit is already hitting us and accelerating hard.

[–] dbilitated@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

2050 isn't really that far away. if you remember the year 2000, that's about how long.

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[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We're gonna blow right past it.

Billions will die.

It's not even all about the climate though; it is human greed and cruelty that will kill the most: the haves butchering and purging the have-nots.

You are not a "have".

For all intents and purposes, NONE of us who would actually be here, on Lemmy, in this comment thread, able to be reading this, are a "have".

Unless your personal assistant's butler's niece's boyfriend is sharing this with you, you're probably just as fucked as he, she, and they are.

[–] version_unsorted@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a bit unhinged but it is really quite correct.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's unhinged to be concerned about what's going to happen when civil society breaks down due to climate change. It will happen eventually, we just don't really know when.

[–] AllonzeeLV@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Im just glad it's shaping up to be so apocalyptic that there'll be no safe haven for the owner class that caused it. Let them burn with the peasants they decimated for profit.

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (8 children)

And that's why the billionaires are investing in spaceships... Seriously though, they are really buying "doomsday" properties to ride it out.

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[–] CrackaJack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's hard to be optimistic, or at least determined, about the future when the prospect is bleak. Climate change is getting worse and here we are just pretending it is business as always.

[–] Stilit2446@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Love that 2 days later the headline is still true 😂, but also it’s sad

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (20 children)

So if this milestone is a death sentence, does that mean it’s time to give up?

[–] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (23 children)

These temperatures will kill people. They will cause crop failures. The death, hunger, and hardship will cause people to leave their homes to come to more habitable regions.

But there will still be habitable regions for generations still to come. A lot has been lost, and more will be before we fix what we broke, but plenty can still be saved as long as we don't just give up

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