MIT climate scientist urges action after hottest days on record - WCVB Boston
MIT climate scientist urges action after hottest days on record
5. SO MEANINGFUL, SO MEANINGFUL. YEAH. A RENEWED CALL FOR ACTION TONIGHT FROM CLIMATE EXPERTS AFTER AN ALARMING FINDING, SCIENTISTS IN NEW ENGLAND WHO TRACKED GLOBAL TEMPERATURES SAY THAT THE EARTH HAS BEEN HOTTER THESE PAST THREE DAYS THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME SINCE RECORDKEEPING BEGAN. THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MONITORS TEMPERATURES IN KEY LOCATIONS ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND ON MONDAY, THEIR AVERAGE HIT A NEW RECORD HIGH OF 62.6 DEGREES. AND THAT RECORD FELL ON TUESDAY WHEN A NEW RECORD OF 62.9 DEGREES WAS HIT. THAT HIGH WAS HIT AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. ONE MIT CLIMATE SCIENTIST THAT WE SPOKE TO TODAY WAS BLUNT WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT THIS ALL MEANS. I’VE SEEN A LOT OF MESSAGES THAT THIS IS YET ANOTHER UP CALL AND I’M AFRAID SOMETHING IS WRONG, EITHER WITH US OR WE DON’T HEAR THE ALARM CLOCK OR SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE ALARM. YES, INDEED. THAT’S ANOTHER WAKE UP CALL. WHAT IS COMING AND I’M AFRAID THE WORST IS YET TO COME. OBVIOUSLY HE SOUNDS ALARMING, BUT HE SAYS HE REMAINS HOPEFUL THAT THESE KINDS OF HEADLINES WILL EVENTUALLY PUSH THE PUBLIC AND POLICYMAKERS TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGES TO REDUCE EM
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MIT climate scientist urges action after hottest days on record
A climate expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is urging action after a new report shows the earth just experienced the hottest days on record.
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