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Re:US set for punishing temperatures as ‘heat dome’ to settl... by bbarnett on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:59AM (#27956845)
It is more than this, too. It is called climate change for other reasons, and that is because while the global, overall, average temperature will rise, local temps could drop, or even stay the same!

Say we have a 3C temp rise, global average. Some places could have a 10C increase, others a -5C decrease average!

Look at coastal areas, like British Columbia, while inland the temps drop quickly. Or the British isles.

Ocean currents bring warm water north, keeping these places warm, but the currents could reverse! Or vanish!

Now you have temp drops, but in a local region, even with overall 3C rises...

I guess my point is, localized events mean almost nothing. The true tragedy of climate change is that by the time we can really verify it is happening, it will already have happened.

And some areas will have incredibly dramatic climate changes, others almost none. Think 10C average warmer, including for heat waves.

Edit: just realised you sorta said this, just in a different way. Will leave this here regardless.

Re:US set for punishing temperatures as ‘heat dome’ to settl... by sitkack on Monday July 26, 2021 @08:51AM (#27958742)
It is called climate change because the oil industry PR people created a new word that defanged Global Warming.

Change is good right? Could be bad, could be good but times are changing.

*edit, boosted an existing phrase, Frank Luntz RNC Propagandist

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2003/mar/04/usnews.c...

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/6/21/1870021...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/in...

Re:US set for punishing temperatures as ‘heat dome’ to settl... by antonvs on Monday August 02, 2021 @04:40AM (#28034284)
> Edit: just realised you sorta said this, just in a different way. Will leave this here regardless.

Yup, your description is a good complement to what I was getting at.