There have been record temperatures every day for more than a year. Scientists are investigating what’s behind the extraordinary measurements.

“There’s no ambiguity about the data,” said Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist and the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. “So really, it’s a question of attribution.”

Understanding what specific physical processes are behind these temperature records will help scientists improve their climate models and better predict temperatures in the future.

        • silence7@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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          3 months ago

          That’s up to us. Get involved. Join an activist group, or a political campaign. Change policy. Show your neighbors how it’s possible to cut fossil fuels out of your life.

          • demonsword@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            Show your neighbors how it’s possible to cut fossil fuels out of your life

            Corporations account for more than 80% of all emissions. Anything we do on a personal level is the proverbial drop in the ocean

            • silence7@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Kinda sorta; they’re responsible for more than 80% of scope 3 emissions, which counts what happens when fossil fuels they extract and sell are subsequently burned. Individually, what you do is tiny, but as you show people around you that it’s possible to live without fossil fuels, it changes behavior in the aggregate.