On: Earth just experienced its hottest 12 months in re...

[defrost → askonomm]

So you can imagine just how much hotter than average it's been in other parts of the world in order to raise the global average then?

Locally, here in the southern hemisphere, we've been having a run of days that are +45 C and more.

[askonomm → defrost]

That's true, didn't even think about that. Time to start buying property in Greenland!

[throwaway2990 → defrost]

That would mean the earth is tilting and the change in temp is not man made.

[defrost → throwaway2990]

The earth is tilted and the bulk of change in mean global tempreture over the past 150 years is due to human activity, principally from change in atmospheric gas makeup.

[jeffhuys → throwaway2990]

Yes. Look at the poles drifting. The earth flips (literally) on a LONG schedule. We could be at the start of a flip, it would fit the schedule. That wouldn’t be man made (but sure as hell can feel that way, and fear is the best emotion to capitalize on)…

[defrost → jeffhuys]

I assume you mean the geomagnetic poles which have always drifted and do occassionally flip and not the poles of the axis of rotation which experiences axial precession.

You might enjoy reading:

ASK NASA CLIMATE (August 3, 2021) Flip Flop: Why Variations in Earth's Magnetic Field Aren't Causing Today's Climate Change

https://climate.nasa.gov/explore/ask-nasa-climate/3104/flip-...

[yread → askonomm]

Lowest recorded temperature in Estonia is -45 so it's not quite unusual

[knowaveragejoe → askonomm]

It seems weather extremes are becoming more common.