▲ 1624 ▼ New record set for world's hottest day - as scientist warns milestone is a 'death sentence' (au.news.yahoo.com) submitted 3 years ago by nulluser@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 475 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) How much time do you think we have? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShakyPerception@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) In my personal (very, very amateur) opinion; less than 10 years, where things keep running as "normal" Humanity is awesome at adapting so I think it'll be a very long time before things become impossible to deal with, but there is going to be a lot of transition and disruption over the next 20+ years permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Sounds like history as usual then. The thing I’m most worried about would be nuclear weapons, but I’m pretty sure the aliens are preventing that from happening. Personally I’m most worried about starting a family. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShakyPerception@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) In my personal (very, very amateur) opinion; less than 10 years, where things keep running as "normal" Humanity is awesome at adapting so I think it'll be a very long time before things become impossible to deal with, but there is going to be a lot of transition and disruption over the next 20+ years permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Sounds like history as usual then. The thing I’m most worried about would be nuclear weapons, but I’m pretty sure the aliens are preventing that from happening. Personally I’m most worried about starting a family. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Sounds like history as usual then. The thing I’m most worried about would be nuclear weapons, but I’m pretty sure the aliens are preventing that from happening. Personally I’m most worried about starting a family. permalink fedilink source parent