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No, as I realized and clarified in a comment of mine down this thread a bit,
Here, "climate records" is the object of the verb "tumble". That is, the thing that is "tumbling" are "climate records".
I agree it's a poor choice of wording for a headline but it is clear what is doing the tumbling on subsequent reads.