Is anyone else freaked out

[georgarina]

by how warm it is?

Passed someone in shorts this evening walking home.

It honestly gives me anxiety

[quote Nenemum]@gravybones TV dramas are always viable sources of unbiased science have you also been ‘researching’ via YouTube videos and Netmums ....[/quote]
I never suggested it was a source of unbiased science. It's a satire about government, the media and the gullible public willingly ignoring the impending destruction of the planet.

Good try at trying to prove your point though. In fact you have proved mine.

I went to New York for new year at the start of 1998. People told me the cold would take my breath away. It was about 19 degrees and people were wearing t shirts.

@gravybones I have been led to believe that lots of reviewers don't like Don't Look Up because it is slightly too documentary like for their egos.

@LittleRoundRobin

Not even remotely freaked out. It will be snowing in a couple of weeks. This is all a lot of hoo-har about nothing. It was the warmest NYE on record yesterday, but we have had warmish Decembers before.

If it stays 13-14 C and above, for the rest of the first half of January, then goes to 20 C by the second half, and then gets to 28-29 degrees C in mid February, and then 35-36 C in early March, THEN I will start to be a bit concerned. Right now, I don't think anything of it.

And if that happens over the space of a few years, rather than weeks - that will be just fine, right?

Perhaps some people are merely paying more attention to nature following the lockdowns.

It has been common for the last decade or more for it to be warm round about now and freeze later in February. Last year the cold lasted well into April, nearly may and caused gardeners headaches.

I was thinking that it has generally been cold lately, and that I have seen fewer flies than normal this year, which is good.

It was 10 degrees here today, warm enough for a swim in the loch ☺️

It’s good if people are becoming more aware of their surroundings though. Biodiversity needs it.

I'm truly staggered at the climate change denial on display here.

The weather today is just that - weather. Climate change is the long term trend. It is absolutely undeniable to even the stupidest most blinkered person that the climate is warming.

The only question left now is not whether we can stop it - we can't, that is too late. But whether we can limit the damage. So far our governments have made promises but the action has been limited. I don't have much faith.

I mean, I'm worried about global warming and climate change generally yes, most people are now I think.
But not specifically worried about the weather today, this is the beauty of British weather, it does what it likes with no regard to the actual seasons. It'll snow in June to compensate.

@chooseyourusername

sorry but I think if that is all you have to worry about you are doing fine

If climate heating is all we have to worry about???? That will cause the end of human life on the world??? Ffs

@thetinsoldier we do live in a country where some people have to worry "Will I feed everyone next week?" or "Will we have a roof over our heads next month?" so "Will we have a habitable planet in 70 years?" is quite indulgent.
Some people are deniers which is fecking annoying, others are realists living on shorter time scales.

I’ve just been watching history videos about the Bronze Age and it’s ending in Europe, and the post-Roman long conflicts in Britain, Anglo-Saxon and Viking.

Climate change will not extinguish human life on the planet (unfortunately or not). It will however mean deaths in millions, probably billions, and conflict everywhere. The lowlands of Europe will sink as Doggerland once did, and large swathes of Africa become uninhabitable. It’s not the first time humans have seen climate change.

What to do? Well, all the recycling in the world won’t stop this. So lobby your MPs. Protest. Vote for the political parties with the best plans to combat climate change. Talk to others. Get involved in activism. Rinse and repeat.

@ParsleySageRosemary

I’ve just been watching history videos about the Bronze Age and it’s ending in Europe, and the post-Roman long conflicts in Britain, Anglo-Saxon and Viking.

Climate change will not extinguish human life on the planet (unfortunately or not). It will however mean deaths in millions, probably billions, and conflict everywhere. The lowlands of Europe will sink as Doggerland once did, and large swathes of Africa become uninhabitable. It’s not the first time humans have seen climate change.

Thank you for informing the world of your findings after watching TV

@Frauhubert

Hmm, i walked through London 10 years ago in January. I remember it was 18 degrees. Then it snowed for Easter.

You say that as if it is some sort of proof of something but what? Climate change has been an emergency for years now.

. As someone upthread said it’s a mummy chat.

Ridiculous levels of sensationalism won’t help either. It’s important people have a real idea of the stakes, to put pressure on politicians.

Lands are already being lost to climate change, people are on the move and conflicts are starting. It’s happening now, not at some undefinable point in the future.

Thank you for informing the world of your findings after watching TV

Our lives may not change, but our grandchildren's lives almost certainly will be unrecognisable from what we know now.

What will affect us are the measures that government need to take to try to slow the global heating. We are about to experience a significant change in our standard of living and most people are oblivious

Wtf is a “mummy chat”?

Yes its very odd. I usually have a vest on by now 🤣 Still to warm for one! You know it's cold when I need a vest!

*too

Will we have a habitable planet in 70 years?

We aren't talking 70 years. Try 30. Try 20. Try 10.

You didn't do it, but you defended it.

Nope, didn't do that either. Maybe you should look at your own comprehension skills before you insult mine.

@CovidisaThiefofJoyandcandoone

Wtf is a “mummy chat”?

It seems mothers opinions aren't valid?

I'm not a mother. I also happen to be a scientist (not a climate scientist but I understand enough!)

It's often mild this time of year so I'm not worried in the slightest.

Oh well that's good. Someone tell Michael Mann that JaneJeffer has pointed out that it's often mild this time of year.