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Brian McNoldy

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On June 9, 2023, the sea surface temperature averaged over the North Atlantic was 3.6 standard deviations above the mean (based on the 1991-2020 climatology). On June 9, 2024, it's 4.1 standard deviations above the mean. A 1991-2020 climatology already looks irrelevant and outdated. 🤯

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4Speech's avatar 4Speech @4speech.bsky.social
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Translation: We're screwed. 🥵

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Shulamit's avatar Shulamit @shulamit.bsky.social
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@bmcnoldy.bsky.social What do you anticipate this will do in the short term, or is this so far outside the mean, nobody really knows? Has it happened before? 3.6-4.1 SDs strikes me as beyond excessive... but it is outside my knowledge base. Just my gut reaction.

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“A 1991-2020 climatology already looks irrelevant and outdated.” Can you and your colleagues get booked on “The View”, the Democratic Convention, or other such TV platforms that still have mass public penetration? The gravity of this observation— and the science prompting it— need max eyeballs.

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