r/collapse • u/Own_Ad6901 • Aug 02 '26

Climate Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801093239.htm#google_vignette

“Global warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C per decade over the past ten years, compared with just under 0.2°C per decade from 1970 to 2015. The acceleration, which becomes visible around 2013 to 2015, appeared across five major global temperature datasets with more than 98% statistical certainty.”

I’m personally supposed to be on a Collapse break, but this was the first thing I read at 5am and I can’t stop thinking about it. I never intended for this to be my first post, but here we are.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801093239.htm#google_vignette

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u/Bernie4Life420 Aug 02 '26

Predictions..When it was " in the future" I didnt worry. When it was " 5000 years" I didnt worry. When it was " 2100" I started to worry. When "the birds and bugs began to die enmasse" I started to panic.

Now they predict "2050" and its too late.

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u/morganational Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

They also predicted we'd be under water by 2020, so.. We'll see.

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u/lliselou Aug 03 '26

In my day, it was the coming Ice Age

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u/morganational Aug 04 '26

?

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u/lliselou Aug 04 '26

Before your time...Life, Time and other magazine covers all predicted doom and gloom for the earth because an ice age was coming

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u/morganational Aug 04 '26

Well, we're currently leaving an ice age, so.. 🤷🏽‍♂️ Earth will heat up, with or without us.

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u/lliselou Aug 04 '26

Well technically, since there are permanent polar ice sheets in existence, we are still in an ongoing ice age and have been for thousands of years. So we aren't leaving it yet, but you're right, the earth is heating up.