Dan GillmorMar 18, 2024

“It’s not like we’re breaking records by a little bit now and then,” Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami, said. “It’s like the whole climate just fast-forwarded by fifty or a hundred years. That’s how strange this looks.”

"strange" in this context means "terrifying" --

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-is-the-sea-so-hot

Why Is the Sea So Hot?

Elizabeth Kolbert on a record-breaking rise in global sea-surface temperatures, which suggests that scientists may not understand how fast the climate is changing.

The New Yorker
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@dangillmor I recall a quote from Warren about people not understanding the power of compound interest. We’ve been going into debt with greenhouse gases and the interest is catching up.

Or perhaps a better analogy might be a margin call.

Mar 18, 2024 at 6:11amWeb