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john_alantoday at 4:00 PM6 repliesview on HN

Climate also doesn't change in macro over a lifetime.

It's very real, but the notion that it's changing over a 5 year period is nonsense.

things aren't "shutting off".


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adrian_btoday at 4:15 PM

I am old enough to have witnessed how the climate has completely changed in Europe, where I live.

In the same place where I live now, when I was young there was permanent snow cover for 3 to 4 months.

During the last 10 years, there have been years with no snow and in the others a little snow has been present for 3 or 4 days of a year, when it melted the second day after falling.

I have not used again my winter boots and my winter jackets for the last 15 years or more.

This is really a huge change during less than a human lifetime.

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jaapztoday at 4:07 PM

Climate has changed over a lifetime though.

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wongarsutoday at 4:16 PM

Looking back at the amount of snowfall I saw as a kid and the amount of snowfall I see now in my 30s, or at the number of hot summer days ... I find it hard to claim that climate is not changing over a lifetime. 20 years isn't even a lifetime, that's like 1/4th of a lifetime

Maybe climate is more stable wherever you live

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water-data-dudetoday at 4:17 PM

I refer you to: https://xkcd.com/1732/

Descontoday at 4:25 PM

Huh? Sudden events are a very real part of larger processes like evolution and climate change. A volcano eruption, a meteor impact, or a drought year, or the ceasing of a current can absolutely have massive implications on larger systems.

hiddencosttoday at 4:05 PM

Wishful thinking...

I wonder how people like you end up so hostile to experts.

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