Climate

We should pivot away from talking about climate change in terms of "2°C average temperature increase" and more in terms of variance increase.

Behind that "average" hides a very substantial upper/lower bound shift, much more than 2°C.

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Oooh, interesting… if anyone has a link with more info about this I would like to learn more on this topic…

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The impact is very regional, but in general volatility is going up. Hot places will have colder cold snaps, cold places will have hotter spikes too. Dry places will have shorter but more intense wet seasons, wet places will have shorter but more intense dry seasons. Etc.

I suggest diving into the primary source climate reports and looking at variance rather than averages, e.g.

I suggest diving into the primary source climate reports and looking at variance rather than averages, e.g. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202307