I’m a little skeptical of these numbers. It’s the hottest day based on average temperatures across the globe, but surely the various readings they take for this have changed significantly over time. Like, the records can’t have gone back very far, as back then you’d be looking at a different measurement excluding some key areas.
I don’t doubt it’s getting hotter, but this feels like a somewhat sensationalist headline.
If anything, we have more temperature days in colder, more remote areas like Antarctica and the middle of the ocean. And those areas are also at record levels.
I’m a little skeptical of these numbers. It’s the hottest day based on average temperatures across the globe, but surely the various readings they take for this have changed significantly over time. Like, the records can’t have gone back very far, as back then you’d be looking at a different measurement excluding some key areas.
I don’t doubt it’s getting hotter, but this feels like a somewhat sensationalist headline.
If anything, we have more temperature days in colder, more remote areas like Antarctica and the middle of the ocean. And those areas are also at record levels.
Yeah, but that’s important context that is missing from the headline.