Earth at risk of becoming 'hothouse' if tipping point reached, report warns

Re:Earth at risk of becoming 'hothouse' if tipping point rea... by peeters on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @11:40AM (#17707610)

> there is a wider range of values to ascribe to changes in temperature from 60F-100F or approx 16-38C

And why is that important? Are our bodies so finely tuned that it's important to know the difference between 104 and 105 F?

Even in the less granular celsius, unless it's just about bragging rights everything is about brackets anyway.

30+: wear shorts and hydrate

20-30: comfortable in short sleeves

10-20: bring a light jacket

0-10: wear a sweater

n10-0: wear a winter coat

n20-n10: wear gloves and a hat

n40-n20: no exposed skin

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Re:Earth at risk of becoming 'hothouse' if tipping point rea... by 0xffff2 on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @12:01PM (#17707797)

Am I missing something, or are we just adapted for very different climates? Freezing is "wear a sweater" to you? I don't own a winter coat, but if I did it would come out of the closet somewhere in the 5-10C range.

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Re:Earth at risk of becoming 'hothouse' if tipping point rea... by peeters on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @04:10PM (#17710237)

Yeah I mean it's certainly subjective and I aligned the numbers to fall at 10 degree boundaries. But that's roughly where I fall. Anything above freezing and I'll usually prefer a sweater with a light jacket to a full winter coat.

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