Would be interesting to see a metric on "average temperature change since 1960" to see which places have been hit hardest by climate change
Saying the planet has increased in temperature by 1.5 degree doesn't mean much - but if a city has increased in temperature by 5 degrees, I think that makes it feel much more "real"
I'm starting to develop a laundry list of problems that I perceive with the presentation of climate change science.
People keep giving the temperature anomaly, as if there was something fundamental about the baseline temperature. This is kind of nuts, from a simple layman perspective. Tell me what the temperature was before and tell me the temperature after.
I also wonder if the US would have taken action by now if the numbers had been presented in Fahrenheit. Living in the US, I'm totally fine with Celsius... for science. I'm not okay with it for evaluating comfort. I have no idea how a Celsius temperature feels. My lizard brain knows Fahrenheit. 1.5 degree increase doesn't really sound bad. 2.7 does.
These climate blankets would be crazy useful for climate change. Show the complete decimation of comfortable temperatures (mainly in the tropics), and the point will be much better taken.
Would be interesting to see a metric on "average temperature change since 1960" to see which places have been hit hardest by climate change
Saying the planet has increased in temperature by 1.5 degree doesn't mean much - but if a city has increased in temperature by 5 degrees, I think that makes it feel much more "real"