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zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days

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World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days

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The BBC finds that there have been a record number of days in 2023 that breached the 1.5C temperature limit.
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    I would presume the Earth would be hottest during periapsis (closest point to the Sun in its orbit) and coolest during apoapsis (furthest point to the Sun in its orbit).

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      Good guess, but doesn’t look like it: July is when the Earth is at its furthest point from the sun.

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        And summers in Australia are brutal and can give you skin cancer

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