>Two years ago, with meteorologists quickening the rate at which they try to warn the world of the perils of unchecked climate change, the U.K.’s Met Office — the official weather forecasting agency for the country — posted an alarming, red-splashed temperature map. It was meant as a teaching tool.
The Met Office imagined, as a strict hypothetical, what July 23, 2050 might feel like for this far-northern, populous island nation and its Irish neighbors. This was based on climate change projections and what is known so far about global warming’s impact — not in strictly causing weather extremes, but in boosting their frequency and severity.
“Not actual weather forecast,” the graphic made clear. “Examples of plausible weather based on climate projections.”
But this week, the Met Office no longer had to pretend. The severe heatwave was here — 28 years earlier than the projection map.
> To clarify: I don’t think you can interpret this as climate change occurring ‘faster than anticipated’
It’s cold again now. So we had 2 hot days in July. Wow. Impressive…
Wouldn’t call them experts then….
How many expected industries to have massive profits and then the recipients of the wealth lark about the globe in aeroplanes and cruise ships. Countries pumping out a plastic nonsense for mugs to buy on the other side of the world. Planet been around for billions of years just havin a doss and humans have fucked it up in something like 200 years. Embarrassing.
I don’t doubt climate change. But for us to all now hang on the word of the Met Office etc is a bit amusing.
Most of the time they are fucking clueless, I mean they didn’t even get Tuesday right, 43 they predicted.
So you mean it was wrong, we really do have very limited and terrible models
sick of experts 1976
It didn’t come true, they just got it wrong. If you say something will arrive at a certain time, and it arrives early, you were wrong, not right but early. They never get it right. In the 60s they said we’d be underwater by 2000.
Hot for two days and everyone losing their fucking minds.
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>Two years ago, with meteorologists quickening the rate at which they try to warn the world of the perils of unchecked climate change, the U.K.’s Met Office — the official weather forecasting agency for the country — posted an alarming, red-splashed temperature map. It was meant as a teaching tool.
The Met Office imagined, as a strict hypothetical, what July 23, 2050 might feel like for this far-northern, populous island nation and its Irish neighbors. This was based on climate change projections and what is known so far about global warming’s impact — not in strictly causing weather extremes, but in boosting their frequency and severity.
“Not actual weather forecast,” the graphic made clear. “Examples of plausible weather based on climate projections.”
But this week, the Met Office no longer had to pretend. The severe heatwave was here — 28 years earlier than the projection map.
> To clarify: I don’t think you can interpret this as climate change occurring ‘faster than anticipated’
So the headline is, what’s the word, a lie.
[An archive link to the article](https://archive.ph/LwmkG)
I hope this helps.
[Unrelated. ?](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/21/revealed-oil-sectors-staggering-profits-last-50-years)
It’s cold again now. So we had 2 hot days in July. Wow. Impressive…
Wouldn’t call them experts then….
How many expected industries to have massive profits and then the recipients of the wealth lark about the globe in aeroplanes and cruise ships. Countries pumping out a plastic nonsense for mugs to buy on the other side of the world. Planet been around for billions of years just havin a doss and humans have fucked it up in something like 200 years. Embarrassing.
I don’t doubt climate change. But for us to all now hang on the word of the Met Office etc is a bit amusing.
Most of the time they are fucking clueless, I mean they didn’t even get Tuesday right, 43 they predicted.
So you mean it was wrong, we really do have very limited and terrible models
sick of experts 1976
It didn’t come true, they just got it wrong. If you say something will arrive at a certain time, and it arrives early, you were wrong, not right but early. They never get it right. In the 60s they said we’d be underwater by 2000.
Hot for two days and everyone losing their fucking minds.