Pictured is a graph of historical global sea-surface temperatures across the year from 1982-2024. Yesterday was about 0.3°C warmer than last year. Well, maybe it will go back down since this is an El Niño year? :>

Average global surface air temperature in February 2024 was 1.77°C warmer than the average February from 1850-1900. So maybe we can retire those 1.5°C warming goals now?

However, the IPCC reports that global temperatures have only risen by 1.1°C. This is because they use decade-long averages. Indeed, it is completely possible that 2025 will be cooler than 2024, but crop failures don’t care much for averages. shrug-outta-hecks And if global warming has accelerated, the IPCC’s method will be a decade late to realizing it. Not that they can actually do anything about it…

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    To add to this we don’t really go “around” the sun, if my understanding is correct. We’re essentially chasing it as it shoots through space dragging us all in its wake.

    • Abracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      4 months ago

      “going around” is a fine enough description. It is true though that the solar system as a whole is orbiting around the galactic core.