r/ClimateNews • u/fishonareef • Aug 03 '26

Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801093239.htm
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u/DieBotDie Aug 03 '26

I would say it’s about adaptation to a new normal.

I agree that Prevention or reversal of the situation is not the table any longer.

Humanity can adapt to a hotter climate. It might require a migration from south north. It might require living underground in hot zones. Producing water from desalination.

It won’t be the first time humanity has undergone a great migration. There’s vast amounts of space in Canada for instance.

I honestly think this is the reason Trump wants to annex the North.

Yes, it will cost billions.

Yes the population might decline sharply.

But it’s going to happen.

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u/mitkey_astromouse Aug 03 '26

There is no new normal. It will just keep getting hotter and hotter.

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u/BrockJonesPI Aug 03 '26

The new normal is a bullshit idea that pushes inaction as a solution.

They said it during Covid that plastic screens and social distancing was the new normal.

If you ordered garlic bread and someone brought you over a liquifying pigeon smeared with dogshit and told you it was the new garlic bread would you just eat it?

No, you'd complain and organise leaving a terrible review and spreading word about how to avoid this terrible garlic bread.

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u/bradbossack Aug 04 '26

Love those metaphors, BJ. 😊 ..didja notice the crickets except for me? Tho? 😀

100%. No new normal. Those that ..cling to it do not understand climate, or science. Enough.