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July heat near impossible without climate change (www.bbc.com)

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Updated title: Europe and US heatwaves near 'impossible' without climate change

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[–] grte@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's saying it's incredibly unlikely this would happen without anthropogenic assistance. Like, really obviously saying that. What is not helpful is this intentional obtuseness.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago

Yes, that a thousand times. Scientists can almost never say something is 100% one way or the other. It is always down to a few percent points of error. But unfortunately that will always bring up people like this guy.