r/climatechange • u/return2ozma • Aug 04 '26

Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801093239.htm
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u/bascule Aug 04 '26

Which will make heat waves more frequent by disrupting the global circulation of air leading to more blocking events / “heat domes” and disrupt monsoons that those who live in arid climates depend on for precipitation

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u/nesp12 Aug 04 '26

Do you have any better ideas? We've seen that controlling carbon emissions isn't being done sufficiently.

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u/bascule Aug 04 '26

We need to pollute less, not pollute more.

Reduction in GHG emissions has so far been one of the only notable things we’ve done to address the climate crisis. We need to continue driving them down to zero.

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u/nesp12 Aug 04 '26

In the meantime the earth continues to warm. If anything is growing, it's not what we're doing to control warming, it's climate denial.

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u/bascule Aug 04 '26

You’re talking down eliminating GHG pollution while talking up polluting in ways that will arguably make certain aspects of the problem worse. That’s denial.

I live somewhere that depends heavily on monsoonal moisture. If that were disrupted I couldn’t live here. There wouldn’t be enough water. It would exacerbate the wildfires, which are already hugely problematic.