I suspect that, man-made or not, we are past the point of being able to "fix" it and probably just need to adapt.
July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded
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Re: July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded
#32Since 1880 Edit: I normally don't react to downvotes but this is a direct quote. Larger context: this was also the all-time highest monthly temperature in the 1880–2015 record, at 61.86°F (16.61°C), surpassing the previous record set in 1998 by 0.14°F (0.08°C)
So is that a long time or a little?
In the lifetime of the planet Earth, this is only a little sliver we're looking at.
It is important to note that we've been recording since the industrial revolution so this could be the result of human influence.
Re: July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
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It's pretty easy to understand why it's being downvoted. It doesn't contribute to the conversation--it's a pedantic tangent that isn't any more interesting than noting that (1) the surface of the Earth used to be molten and (2) all matter in the known Universe was a lot hotter during the big bang. Is that relevant?
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Re: July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded
#34Is it possible to separate the warming that's caused by man-made pollution/CO2 from the earth's natural cycles? Obviously, we're getting warmer because of pollution, but is that on-top of a natural warming cycle? Being partially counteracted by a natural cooling cycle? Could we all be saved by an ice-age?
That's exactly what climatology is all about; identifying all contributing factors from all data globally.
Re: July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded
#35Since 1880 Edit: I normally don't react to downvotes but this is a direct quote. Larger context: this was also the all-time highest monthly temperature in the 1880–2015 record, at 61.86°F (16.61°C), surpassing the previous record set in 1998 by 0.14°F (0.08°C)
Your comment just seems redundant. The title says "ever recorded" right in it. It does not simply say "Hottest Month Ever".
Not redundant at all. 'Recorded' could mean since 1930 or 1600.
It was a useful comment for me
Re: July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded
#36Climate change is the biggest problem of our time. I wish there were more startups focused on solving it - there are so many opportunities to make money here while improving the world at a global scale. Mitigating the effects of climate change for businesses could easily be worth $1T+. More VCs should pay attention to these opportunities, and more startup founders should enter this space.
Re: July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded
#37Has anyone else noticed that the conservative rhetoric has quietly switched from "global warming doesn't exist so we don't have to do anything" to "global warming isn't caused by people so there is nothing we can do"?
Re: July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded
#38Data: Hottest month ever! Group A: Weather != Climate. Data: Coldest month ever! Group B: Weather != Climate. Round and round we go.
Group A and Group B are mostly the same. Global "warming" leads to increases in extremes at both ends.
Re: July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded
#39It's interesting to me that if you say "today was hotter than any day on record" The answer given always seems to be global warming. However if you say "today was colder than any day on record" (also happens very frequently) the answer given is "That's weather, not climate."
Edit: Apparently this is not interesting to HNers. Bring on the downvotes.
Re: July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded
#40Climate change is the biggest problem of our time. I wish there were more startups focused on solving it - there are so many opportunities to make money here while improving the world at a global scale. Mitigating the effects of climate change for businesses could easily be worth $1T+. More VCs should pay attention to these opportunities, and more startup founders should enter this space.
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