Sometimes, climate-speak doesn’t match common-speak. There’s enormous fuss over global warming of 1.5° or 2°C. These numbers seem so small that perhaps the fussers have turned a molehill into a mountain. Who cares whether it’s 25°C or 26.5°C this summer? But that’s a misunderstanding. Global warming refers to higher average global temperatures, which are a different beast to daily temperatures.
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