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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/732714

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

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[–] such_fifty_bucks@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been surprised to not see a bunch of 'b-b-but it's only this this hot because of el nino' nonsense when talking about the current phase of our active climate crisis. Like, yeah, it's hotter because of the global weather phenomenon that occurs every few years but that's on top of everything else happening. We may not end up hitting record temps when we're back in La Nina (but the storm damage will be fucking devastating). But next time around it's just going to be like this but way way worse as the ocean continues dying, bad algae blooms, good algae withers, and co2 continues to get pumped into our atmosphere with little reprieve.

[–] Spitfire@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

But think of all the profits we can generate while pumping all that co2 into the atmosphere! That’s good, right?

Seriously though, as much as drastic change needs to happen , I don’t see it happening at all.