From the Daily Skeptic
Author: Richard Eldred
when washington post They set out to map global temperatures over 485 million years, but discovered an inconvenient fact in the climate change story: The Earth has been cooling for 50 million years. Zero Hedge And more:
In recent years, particularly around mid-July (the peak of the northern hemisphere summer), there has been a significant increase in corporate media headlines featuring the “hottest day” ever—cited, of course, by climate alarmist journalists. research on the problem. The timing coincides with hot weather, so it's natural to convince readers that the world's oceans are boiling and the planet will be set on fire unless drastic action is taken – like increased climate taxes, “carbon credits”, bans on cow farts. Ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by date X and push for a spending bill to buy more solar panels from China to save the planet.
The problem is that the corporate media only focuses on recent history, not “context” (as they like to say). Context is especially important when it comes to climate change – because their narratives collapse when long enough timelines are considered.
That is to say…when washington post Trying to map global temperatures over 500 million years and the “catastrophe of global warming”…
Wapo The reporter cited a new study of Earth's global surface temperature over the past 485 million years. In 2023, the earth's average temperature reached 14.98°C, which is far lower than the average temperature of 36°C about 100 million years ago according to research. This trend suggests that Earth's temperature has been declining for 50 million years. …
Maybe, just maybe, the extent of man-made global warming doom porn pushed by governments, corporate media, global NGOs, and far-left billionaires isn't as apocalyptic as they make it sound.
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