New record set for world's hottest day - as scientist warns milestone is a 'death sentence'

7two, 10 months ago

World record lets goooo!

OpenStars, 10 months ago

This is fine dumpster

macisr, 10 months ago

There’s a new record for coldest or hottest day like every year, damn.

justhach, 10 months ago

Where I live, if you factor in windchill and humidex, we have an ~80°C swing in tenperature. Its crazy.

Not only do I live where the air hurts my face, but now I got to deal with being constantly sweaty for ~3 months of the year.

macisr, 10 months ago

Shiet, i’m sorry for that. Even I, that lives in a pretty mild place (normal summer not above 35c and normal winter not below like 10c), had summer in april nd that shit went up to 38c this year. The changes are definetely being felt lol.

_finger_, 10 months ago

Chicago?

Maven, 10 months ago

You know, I’d never thought of it that way, but same. I had to buy an AC for the first time a couple years ago.

What gets me is that like, where I live, we used to wonder if we’d be seeing a white Halloween. Now we’re lucky for a white Christmas.

stanleytweedle, 10 months ago

People of the future will not look back at us fondly.

Which is why I say screw 'em! Let’s burn this mother down!

MrZigZag, 10 months ago

The future could be a Mad Max-esque hellscape so while the people of the future may not look back on us fondly, they will look back on us enviously.

Silviecat44, 10 months ago

“When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!”

Ghostalmedia, 10 months ago

The 4th of July is so hot right now.

Cleetus, 10 months ago

Honestly I am a little thankful to hear that the previous record was set in 2016 and not 2022.

SpacemanSpiff, 10 months ago

Until you remember that that’s only because its been that long since the last El Niño.

gothicdecadence, 10 months ago

Same, that was a slight glimmer of hope in the pile of shit

_number8_, 10 months ago

can’t wait

mehble, 10 months ago

50 degrees Celsius in North Africa...

I was melting in low 40s. Wouldn't dare to even take a step outside at 50.

complacent_jerboa, 10 months ago

Honestly, I’m not sure if I’d want to bring a child into this kind of future. I’m not even sure how long I’ll last in this future.

You know how they talk about the Fermi Paradox, and the Great Filter? This might be it. We made it past nukes (for now), we may or may not make it past misaligned AI… but I’m not sure we can survive this.

It makes it difficult to get in the mindset of planning for one’s financial future. Retirement savings? Will I even live long enough to see those?

redminer, 10 months ago

Anyone have any idea how long before we actually all burn up?

regex1883, 10 months ago

AC was running nonstop

GoofSchmoofer, 10 months ago

FFFFFFFUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKK…

Anticorp, 10 months ago

Something we do around here is just keep the bad news light.

ArcticCircleSystem, 10 months ago

Any significant good news? I feel like that would be more helpful. ~Strawberry

Draegur, 10 months ago

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.

zeppo, 10 months ago

It’s been downright cold in Denver. We’ve had rain almost every day for the past few weeks and total rainfall has exceeded that of Seattle this year. Our heater has been coming on and we’ve barely had to use AC. Today it’s overcast and about 70 again.

LapGoat, 10 months ago

I just try to enjoy each year as the coldest year I’ll get for the rest of my life.