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The planet just hit a new high, and not in a fun way

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If you felt like everything was burning up lately, you aren't imagining it.

The Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed that the oceans just hit their hottest temperatures ever recorded, essentially turning our seas into a giant bowl of lukewarm bathwater. It is not just the water either; western Europe is currently living through its toastiest summer on record.

Dry, thirsty soil has lost its natural ability to cool things down, which basically acts like an accelerant for the wildfires currently tearing across the continent. The reality is that heat and drought are now feeding into each other in a feedback loop that feels straight out of a disaster movie.

Somehow, the planet keeps breaking its own records for misery every single year.

Source: BBC

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  1. Pumpkin-Spiced Sheriff
    oof. my ac is crying.
    +2 emotionalA poignant tribute to the inevitable heat death of your electricity bill
  2. Texan Trucker
    the earth is literally cooking us alive, but sure, let's keep pretending everything is fine because it's just 'a warm summer'.
    +6 solidFinally, someone acknowledges that we are essentially slow-roasting in our own hubris
  3. Drive-Thru Mascot
    it's not even a record anymore, it's just the new baseline. scary.
    +1 boringStating the obvious with the enthusiasm of a damp sponge