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OsrsNeedsF2P ( @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ) English13•1 year agoDirect image link for those who can’t see it well: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/earth_temperature_timeline.png
Eryn6844 ( @Eryn6844@beehaw.org ) English12•1 year agoIt’s been nice knowing you guys. If we get through this I hope the scientist say to every one of the nay stays I told you so!. they should write it on 100ft high obelisk in marble and granite.
cobra89 ( @cobra89@beehaw.org ) English8•1 year agoThis is from 2016. Randall should do a new one. I wonder how bad it is now…
jabathekek ( @jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ) English8•1 year agoLikely exactly the same, considering a seven year difference would be barely noticeable on it.
Ben Matthews ( @benjhm@sopuli.xyz ) English1•1 year agoWe were discussing similar in 1998, ‘warmest year for a millenia’, detail has improved but implication already clear then. Quarter century later, curves start to bend, still trying. Plan how your life can help, don’t panic then burn out.
blackbrook ( @blackbrook@mander.xyz ) English1•1 year agoReaching all those low-IQ climate deniers that read xkcd should really help.
KickMe ( @KickMe@programming.dev ) English1•1 year agoThis timeline starts at about the coldest point in the last 66 million years. Definitely not biased.
Denvil ( @Denvil@lemmy.one ) English11•1 year agoI don’t see how this is biased. Showing that the Earth did warm up over time before major human climate change started would be, very weakly, supporting that climate change isn’t real. If they wanted to be biased they would start at a warm point, and when the Earth is cooling down they’d be like “see! Earth cools naturally, so it must get warm because of climate change!”
To make my stance crystal clear, I believe in and am deeply concerned by climate change
Spzi ( @Spzi@lemm.ee ) English8•1 year agoWhat conclusion would change if the graph started at an earlier, warmer period?
As far as I know, three crucial things would still hold true:
- Earth has not been as warm as today since humans existed, in the past 200’000 years. We don’t know if we can thrive in these conditions. Chances are, we can’t. We’re optimized for another climate. We have no precedent wether future Earth is habitable for us.
- Earth has never warmed this rapidly, never. Speed matters a lot, as lack of time makes the difference between adaption and extinction.
- Whatever the cause, and however normal it may be, the current development, and rate thereof, causes substantial issues on many fronts.