The latest right-wing conspiracy theory is that the heatwave isn't real

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Yeah, gimme a minute.

Here y’go: Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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There’s been some discussion on it over at This is Fine

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Oh fucking bollocks. :rage:

I mean, thanks @GilbertWham , for the research.
'Tis appreciated.

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I shall nip over and have a very depressed look at that, thanks.

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… oh you’ll likely be reverting to the default climate for your latitude, so :thinking: Siberia?

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Eh, they’ll get used to it. Nothing like the occasional -40F February day to put a spring in one’s step! (Let’s not mention the once every 30 years day at -60 or -70F for now…)

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… of course :earth_americas: will keep getting hotter after that, so over the long term it won’t be too cold anywhere

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Probably more like Northern British Columbia for most of us. There is a reason that most of the people living in BC are south of Plymouth here.

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Neil Oliver used to make archaeology/history documentaries for the BBC (and not bad ones either) before he took a turn to the right and went over to GB News. In fact he’s an archaeologist by training. Not necessarily the person I would go to for meteorology advice.

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… are inside the city limits of Vancouver IIRC

barely above 49° N :thinking:

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Plymouth is 50° N and palm trees can grow there, although they won’t survive if there is no gulf stream.

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Is this going to be one of those times when I go back to programmes I enjoyed in the past and wonder why I watched it?

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I am afraid it might be. I enjoyed Coast and was fascinated by the Orkneys programmes, but knowing what I know now…

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Fun Fact: Phoenix got its name after early settlers noticed that during summer months the local birds often spontaneously burst into flame.

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But “evolution” isnt’t real either!

tenor

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Only if I can get the neural enhancements as well!:

more modern Conjoiners possessed a cranial crest. As well as being aesthetically pleasing, it allows dissipation of the huge amounts of thermal energy their super-charged brains produce.

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Isn’t that typical for climate denying scientists? When you look closely at the list, they all turn out to be dentists and chiropractors. :man_shrugging:

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Geologist is another popular one. Which heavily polluting industries employ a lot of geologists? :thinking:

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But the coolest summer of the rest of our lives, so there is that…

Dog Days Summer GIF by Wrecked

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