The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists. The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction. It comes as the southern US and China have been hit by heatwaves, while temperatures in North Africa have neared 50C (122F).

The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists.

The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction.

The figure surpasses the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) - set back in August 2016.

  • zysarus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    1 year ago

    Exxon has known the damage they were causing since at least the 80s and have spent absurd amounts of money alongside their competitors lobbying governments and paying scientists to keep the status quo. We had at least some evidence that burning fossil fuels was going to cause global warming at the turn of the 20th century.

    What you’re saying isn’t entirely false, but it sure is bending over backwards to be nice to the capitalist societies that caused this problem. Also there aren’t any communist countries causing this problem, China is every bit as capitalist as the US in how their economy functions these days, they’re communist in name only. You’ve been influenced by capitalist propaganda friend.

      • Sparlock@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        1 year ago

        Damn, you are powerfully ignorant.

        The obsessive attempts to use communism like a cudgel just makes you sound like a indoctrinated tool who needs to open a book.

        The red scare is over dude. And I don’t know if you noticed but no one is buying your uninformed bs.

              • Sparlock@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                Oh I’m sorry you don’t like being called out when spreading misinformation. Especially when you are so unjustifiably confident in your falsehoods and unwilling to even attempt to learn the basics of what you are talking about. Misinformation is a plague and being nice to people spreading it is a disservice to everyone else. Your hurt fee fees mean less than nothing to me when you are making the world worse by spreading BS.

                However If I was trying to be toxic I would say something like: Your mom and dad must be disappointed in themselves knowing that they failed so spectacularly as parents.

                Good thing I didn’t!