More discussion over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36997834
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When people make statements like this. I would like to know a few things: where was the temperature taken? at surface level? 1cm below the surface? 1m below the surface? 10m below the surface? 1-2m above the surface? because they are all different.
Then I want to know how the previous temp was determined that they compared it to. I'm sure they are not trying to lie to us but I'm certain they are wrong. The ocean is not warming.
Let's see.
The planet will be fine. We may be boiled to death, but the planet itself will continue spinning. Likely the worms at the bottom of the ocean near the volcanic vents won't even notice we've gone.
Saying our mismanagement of the biosphere is somehow "grim" for the planet as a whole is hyperbole.