• guriinii@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    While the data presented here only goes back to 1979, I seem to recall that some scientists worked out global average temperatures based on coral reef core samples and ice core samples. I think there were some other samples too but I can’t remember what they were. So they are the hottest ever

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      1 year ago

      I mean if they wanna be really pedantic, the hottest days were before the atmosphere even formed.