Climate Change? Nahhh ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/clim.../11/anthropocene-begins-canada-crawford-lake/

A group of scientists said Tuesday the best evidence for humanity’s overwhelming impact on the planet could be found at Crawford Lake in Milton, Ontario. The lake’s finely layered sediments contain a thousand-year record of environmental history, culminating in an explosion of man-made disruption around the middle of the 20th century. That’s when scientists say human activities — from nuclear weapons tests and fossil fuel combustion to deforestation and global trade — began to leave an indelible imprint on Earth’s geologic record.

 

"See, this proves that climate change might not be happening. For all we know, it was more than 120 degrees in 1888!"

 

it's fine

 

Haven't given Milton that much thought since Pete McDuffe subbed for Ed Giacomin or Gilles Villemure in the 1970s.

 

no really it's fine

 

The highest recorded air temperature ever recorded on Earth is around 57 celsius/130 fahrenheit. Several places and times have claims to it, but they're all in that same ballpark.
So forgive me if I have questions on how they came up with 60/140, which is so far beyond what has ever been observed in the past 100 years that it should peg anyone's bullshit meter.

If it's the land surface temperature, that's entirely different. Hot, but probably not uncommon depending on what surface you're measuring on.

 

Shit, I bet the old turf at Busch used to push 140 on some August days.

(Not really, but still ...)

 

Phoenix recorded its 13th straight day hitting 110, and 77 people have died.

 

Shit, it felt like that in the stands of Busch II.

 

60/140 on land not air. I think the highest observed on land is around 180f

 

All it takes is 158ºF to cook an egg through. You take max sunshine and a black surface like a cast iron skillet (there I go talking skillets again) and that ought to suffice.