▲ 61 ▼ Preliminary data shows hottest week on record. Unprecedented sea surface temperatures and Antarctic sea ice loss (public.wmo.int) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by MiscreantMouse@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments The world just had the hottest week on record, according to preliminary data. It follows the hottest June on record, with unprecedented sea surface temperatures and record low Antarctic sea ice extent.
[–] MishaMouse@kbin.social 13 points 3 years ago (3 children) and it’s only going to get worse! this is tragic. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Monola19@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) Exactly. Shoots my anxiety all the way up because it’s not shit I can do about it. The people who can change things don’t give af. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] debounced@kbin.run 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) i live in bumfuck nowhere USA and the extreme weather events we've experienced over even just the past few years is insane. 100 year floods happening every couple years, tornados hitting the same areas over and over, prolonged droughts, insanely high wind storms, etc... it's bonkers. i've already said to a few people we need to start updating our building codes to meet or exceed that of hard hit hurricane areas because pretty soon we're going to be uninsurable too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Monola19@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago Infrastructure will definitely be effected. It’s the same where I live, the weather has been nuts lately. This stuff is happening collectively around the whole world and yet we still have people acting like it’s business as usual. Unfortunately, nothing will be done until something catastrophic happens. And by then, it’ll be to late. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Monola19@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) Exactly. Shoots my anxiety all the way up because it’s not shit I can do about it. The people who can change things don’t give af. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] debounced@kbin.run 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) i live in bumfuck nowhere USA and the extreme weather events we've experienced over even just the past few years is insane. 100 year floods happening every couple years, tornados hitting the same areas over and over, prolonged droughts, insanely high wind storms, etc... it's bonkers. i've already said to a few people we need to start updating our building codes to meet or exceed that of hard hit hurricane areas because pretty soon we're going to be uninsurable too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Monola19@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago Infrastructure will definitely be effected. It’s the same where I live, the weather has been nuts lately. This stuff is happening collectively around the whole world and yet we still have people acting like it’s business as usual. Unfortunately, nothing will be done until something catastrophic happens. And by then, it’ll be to late. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] debounced@kbin.run 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) i live in bumfuck nowhere USA and the extreme weather events we've experienced over even just the past few years is insane. 100 year floods happening every couple years, tornados hitting the same areas over and over, prolonged droughts, insanely high wind storms, etc... it's bonkers. i've already said to a few people we need to start updating our building codes to meet or exceed that of hard hit hurricane areas because pretty soon we're going to be uninsurable too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Monola19@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago Infrastructure will definitely be effected. It’s the same where I live, the weather has been nuts lately. This stuff is happening collectively around the whole world and yet we still have people acting like it’s business as usual. Unfortunately, nothing will be done until something catastrophic happens. And by then, it’ll be to late. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Monola19@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago Infrastructure will definitely be effected. It’s the same where I live, the weather has been nuts lately. This stuff is happening collectively around the whole world and yet we still have people acting like it’s business as usual. Unfortunately, nothing will be done until something catastrophic happens. And by then, it’ll be to late. permalink fedilink source parent