from Hacker News

2023 confirmed as hottest year on record

by jfk13 on 1/9/24, 12:21 PM with 3 comments

  • by schnitzelstoat on 1/9/24, 2:26 PM

    Why are the graphs using the 1991-2020 average temperature as baseline?

    Surely that really downplays the true size of the problem as those temperatures were already increased above the pre-Industrial level by climate change.

    But yeah, it's not looking good.

  • by cheerioty on 1/9/24, 12:42 PM

    Not good, I guess.