Europe and US heatwaves near 'impossible' without climate change
www.bbc.com
Scientists say the heatwaves seen in Europe, the US and China in July are no longer unusual.
  • UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2016·
    1 year ago

    “near impossible”. So not impossible, this title is saying nothing.

    Climate change is something we need to address asap, but sensationalist headlines like this are not adding any credibility to the cause.

    • grte@lemmy.caEnglish
      181·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • RBGEnglish
        12·
        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.

    • Zorque@kbin.social
      81·
      1 year ago

      Any scientist who is 100% certain about a hypothesis is either lying or a fanatic. Theres no such thing as absolute certainty in reality.

    • such_fifty_bucks@lemmy.one
      9·
      1 year ago

      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.socialEnglish
        5·
        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.