• Texas_Hangover@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      How long have they been recording? I assume there’s no records from all that long ago. Being as how humans, and measurement especially are a fairly new thing.

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        1 year ago

        Per NASA, accurate global readings go back to 1880 and historical localized temperatures go back to the 1650s

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          1 year ago

          Not much in the grand scheme of things. There was an ice age not that long ago. Nature does some funny shit.