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In a scorching year, scientists wonder if climate change is speeding up (wapo.st)
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This year’s record temperatures have some scientists concerned that the pace of warming may be accelerating. But not everyone agrees.

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[-] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 months ago

We are about to hit the exponential part. Buckle up, we're in for the shitshow

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Humans really suck at conceiving anything that isn't linear.

[-] MightEnlightenYou@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

The ones who disagree just say that "is not clearly visible in the data, yet" for anyone wondering.

If you go by simple physics it's undeniable that it should be speeding up, there are just too many variations and the dataset is too small for some scientists to want to make such conclusive statements.

this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2023
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