There's a deep sense of sadness and loneliness seeing this record shattering graph. November 17, 2023 was the first day in recorded history when the earth's surface was a whole 2°C hotter than pre-industrial times. Yet, there's barely any chatter about this staggering breach.
Arctic sea ice is at least doing pretty well, given the circumstances. Antarctic remains an astoundingly unprecedented disaster.
Probably the first day since the Eemian, 125,000 years ago, when hippopotamus swam in the Thames and trees grew on Baffin Island.
In far more important news, Taylor Swift cancelled her concert. I've a feeling we are not going to make it anywhere near 2040.
Funny. I remember thinking what a nice Friday evening. Looking at everyone going about their lives content-looking and then I think this is supposed to be Fall and it feels like a warm summer’s evening and I go this isn’t supposed to be happening
Although can't blame the tired, resource-starved communicators for not understanding the complex climate science & how rapidly the complex earth systems are spiralling out of control. This is a serious communication gap that needs to be addressed by those with deep pockets + concern about climate.
Turn that sadness and loneliness into focused anger and smash the systems that caused this!
You know how we have expiry dates on our food? There is also an expiry date on our only home, and we are nearly there…😵💫😢
Children of Kali.
Sadly, it’s most likely due to everyone focusing on getting people to stop killing each other