this post was submitted on 25 May 2024
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note: clickbait sources/headlines aren't liked generally. I've posted crap sources and later deleted or edit to improve after complaints. whoops, sry

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[โ€“] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 108 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] slaacaa@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

Shocking, but how could we have known? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

[โ€“] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 37 points 5 months ago

Hey at least this is one effect from climate change that will disproportionately impact the wealthy.

[โ€“] m3t00@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

expecting a record hurricane season. ocean temps are at record highs in the spinup zone

https://mastodon.social/@burritojustice/112488413130302913

[โ€“] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mother nature saying: "adapt to this."

[โ€“] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

More like Mother Nature being oblivious to humans because we are only an abberation in this planet's biological history. Our biggest accomplishment being that we started another mass extinction but we're far from the first organism either (that would be algae if I remember correctly).

[โ€“] cornshark@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why the clickbait? Just put why it's getting worse in the title

[โ€“] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some Reddit communities had rules that you couldnโ€™t change the news title I think. A practice that has unfortunately passed on. Perhaps some vigilant lemmy moderators can make an anti-clickbait policy, where any prompts or questions must be summarized in the title.

[โ€“] njm1314@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I get the argument cuz you don't want people editorializing titles absurdly, but maybe like a bracket system or something.

[โ€“] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

One difference is that lemmy post titles can be edited by the poster. Maybe mods can too? Perhaps somebody needs to make a โ€œanti-clickbait suggested titleโ€ bot, to help combat clickbait.

[โ€“] elbarto777@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

The funny thing is that you didn't say why either.

[โ€“] gum_dragon@lemm.ee 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Orcas targeting planes now

[โ€“] TheBat@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[โ€“] ricdeh@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

They fly now!

[โ€“] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Haven't you watched the documentary?

[โ€“] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

LLM summary:

  • Clear-air turbulence, which is invisible and unpredictable, is becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change.
  • Studies have found a 55% increase in severe clear-air turbulence over the North Atlantic since 1979, with similar increases over the continental USA.
  • The warming climate is strengthening wind shear in the jet streams, which is a major driver of increased clear-air turbulence.
  • Convection caused by rising heat, particularly over oceans, is disrupting the fast-moving jet streams and leading to more turbulence.
  • Climate models project a doubling or tripling of severe turbulence in the jet streams in the coming decades if climate change continues as expected.
  • The increase in turbulence poses safety risks, as demonstrated by a 2024 Singapore Airlines incident that injured 83 passengers and resulted in one fatality.
  • Passengers are advised to keep their seatbelts fastened even when the seatbelt sign is off, as turbulence can strike suddenly and unexpectedly.
  • The FAA has documented 163 serious turbulence injuries to passengers and crew between 2009 and 2022.
  • The jet streams, which commercial airliners fly through, can both help and hinder flights by pushing them across the Atlantic or slowing them down.
  • Rising greenhouse gas levels, which are the highest in at least 800,000 years, are the primary driver behind the warming climate and resulting increase in turbulence.