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.

  • GokuEnglish
    89•9 months ago

    My wife told me I was a doomer gloomer for not wanting to have kids due to climate uncertainty. I wanted to adopt instead.

    I’m terrified of how the world will look over the next century for my 6 month old son.

      • @[email protected]English
        135•9 months ago

        Assuming you’re asking in good faith, the difference would be helping someone through this hell-hole that’s already here, and was disadvantaged at the start. As opposed to bringing someone in.

        • @[email protected]English
          37•9 months ago

          On top of that, having kids carries a massive carbon footprint. An adopted kid is already penciled in for that. I’d even wager a kid in the system would be more of a burden on carbon levels than one in a home.

        • ExFedEnglish
          13•9 months ago

          Can’t be going and adopting kids all willy nilly, or else the adoption factories might ramp up production!

          /s

      • yeehawEnglish
        3•9 months ago

        The user is interpreting it as the OP wanted to not have kids because of climate uncertainty - did not want to raise a kid that would have to deal with the climate. So instead they adopted a kid to raise someone else’s kid in a world where they would have to deal with the climate.

        I think OP is implying reduction of population but the comment kinda reads weird.