SecretAgentSuperBooger
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“Record temperatures immediately become the new normal,” said Stanford University climate scientist Rob Jackson.
PBS Sauce: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/prepare-yourself-for-several-years-of-killer-heat-top-weather-forecasters-warn
4t0m1c4
We've had dry spring in the UK, right up until the BBC told us it was so, and the kids got off school.. It's rained every day since last Friday, really heavily. But we still get water restrictions in a temperate country known for constant rain, damp sheep and rugby (in the rain ofc). At the same time water companies are handing out massive CEO bonuses after the regulator banned them, disguising them in the HR "retention" budget. Your sentiment is spot on.
orp0piru
Today, 1/3 of the world population (2.7+ bn) lives in an area that by 2070 will be as hot as today Sahara's hottest parts.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1910114117