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Parts of eastern Japan are expected to reach 38 to 39 degrees Celsius, with the Meteorological Agency warning temperatures could hit previous records.

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[–] Mateoto@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We are somehow still not panicking and see that as a point of no return for climate change. These temperatures are still the lowest ones we will experience from now on.

Hopefully, some ignorant people or even climate change deniers will switch their positions and actually support green policies now.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, a lot of folks in power would happily watch the world burn if it means they stay in power. They know they’re rich enough that it won’t hurt them.

[–] scthatheworm@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of deniers switch to some weird form of defiant stoicism, and pride themselves in taking that stance. I don't believe there's ever going to be any switch until the hurt is economic, and that might happen locally in some places, but not globally.

I am really scared for the daughters I have, in what kind of shit show they will have to live. But the scale of suffering this is going to cause is beyond the ability of our brains to process, and it will come down on the poorest and most vulnerable on the planet, and I have to say that is something that remains constant throughout modern history.

[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

they'll blame climate scientists for not warning them earlier. or not being louder with their warnings.

ETA: typos, because cat bit my fingers

[–] realbaconator@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

For deniers, it getting hotter will never work. There’s an argument about the world being in a long cycle between hot eras & ice ages and temperature records don’t mean much when accurate records only go back one or two hundred years.