2024 was the first single year to surpass the 1.5°C global warming threshold – now scientists predict that a year above 2°C is possible in the near future
  • artifex@lemmy.zip
    121·
    2 days ago

    As stupid as this sounds I think we (and really the media, but we know which side they’re on) should be doing this in F for US audiences. Saying “hey, it’s now 5°F hotter than it was in the 1970s” is more immediately meaningful — and the bigger number looks scarier too.

      • calabast@lemm.ee
        7·
        2 days ago

        Artifex was saying that Celsius is too hard for many Americans to grasp, and suggesting switching it to Fahrenheit would be more understandable by most Americans, and maybe make them take it more seriously.

        Switching to Kelvin would be even worse. 99% of Americans would hear “Oh no, a 3 Kelvin increase! Lol, get bent, science nerds!”

      • 7355608@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 days ago

        Because Americans are stupid, some of them because they choose to be, others because the education system was designed to fail them. A significant portion of the population doesn’t understand what K° is, if they know it exists at all. Source: Am American

        • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          41·
          2 days ago

          Friendly reminder that 54% of Americans can’t even read above a 6th grade level. That’s right, a significant portion of the voting block for the most influential country on earth likely can’t understand the danger all of us are in.

  • MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    If the situation worsens in the future, governments and companies are probably going to spend a lot of money on weather manipulation.