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Re:Climate threats now dominate long-term risks, survey of g... by chimprich on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @04:43PM (#22059055)
> This data is completely relative.

No, it's not. These are global temperatures. 2019 was the second-hottest year on record, looked at globally.

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Re:Climate threats now dominate long-term risks, survey of g... by andygates on Thursday January 16, 2020 @03:40AM (#22062697)
And it was only not the hottest because of a neutral ENSO. ENSO (the El Nino - La Nina cycle) puts a wobble on the trend. A strong El Nino year will bust the current 2016 record.

The UK Met easily predicted this year's temps to be second-highest.

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Re:Climate threats now dominate long-term risks, survey of g... by jdnenej on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @08:32PM (#22060833)
Australia had the hottest year on record in 2019 as well as breaking the hottest day on record multiple times in the same week
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Re:Climate threats now dominate long-term risks, survey of g... by ska on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @05:43PM (#22059642)
Furthermore, locally larger weather shifts (and even unseasonably cold areas) are completely consistent with, in fact expected, for increased global temperatures. That energy has to go somewhere.
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