There have been record temperatures every day for more than a year. Scientists are investigating what’s behind the extraordinary measurements.

“There’s no ambiguity about the data,” said Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist and the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. “So really, it’s a question of attribution.”

Understanding what specific physical processes are behind these temperature records will help scientists improve their climate models and better predict temperatures in the future.

    • Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1342·
      8 months ago

      Assuming you’re asking in good faith, the difference would be helping someone through this hell-hole that’s already here, and was disadvantaged at the start. As opposed to bringing someone in.

      • meco03211@lemmy.worldEnglish
        371·
        8 months ago

        On top of that, having kids carries a massive carbon footprint. An adopted kid is already penciled in for that. I’d even wager a kid in the system would be more of a burden on carbon levels than one in a home.

      • ExFed@lemm.eeEnglish
        131·
        8 months ago

        Can’t be going and adopting kids all willy nilly, or else the adoption factories might ramp up production!

        /s

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      The user is interpreting it as the OP wanted to not have kids because of climate uncertainty - did not want to raise a kid that would have to deal with the climate. So instead they adopted a kid to raise someone else’s kid in a world where they would have to deal with the climate.

      I think OP is implying reduction of population but the comment kinda reads weird.