Europe and US heatwaves near 'impossible' without climate change
www.bbc.com
Scientists say the heatwaves seen in Europe, the US and China in July are no longer unusual.
  • UnverifiedAPKEnglish
    2016·
    1 year ago

    “near impossible”. So not impossible, this title is saying nothing.

    Climate change is something we need to address asap, but sensationalist headlines like this are not adding any credibility to the cause.

    • grte@lemmy.caEnglish
      181·
      1 year ago

      It’s saying it’s incredibly unlikely this would happen without anthropogenic assistance. Like, really obviously saying that. What is not helpful is this intentional obtuseness.

      • RBG@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        Yes, that a thousand times. Scientists can almost never say something is 100% one way or the other. It is always down to a few percent points of error. But unfortunately that will always bring up people like this guy.

    • Zorque@kbin.social
      81·
      1 year ago

      Any scientist who is 100% certain about a hypothesis is either lying or a fanatic. Theres no such thing as absolute certainty in reality.

    • exscape@kbin.social
      0·
      1 year ago

      For the record they specified that the heat in China would be a 1 per 250 years event without climate change (1 per 5 years with), and the US and Europe “virtually impossible” without, and 1 per 10 years with.

      I think that contrast should speak pretty clearly to everyone except the deniers, who can’t be convinced with facts anyhow. From being virtually impossible to happening once a decade, or from happening every 250 years to happening every 5 years.