Global temperature record could be broken as soon as 2027, with El Niño expected later this year
A record-breaking hot year is almost certain by 2030 as the climate crisis intensifies, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization has warned.
With an El Niño event expected later this year, the global temperature record could fall as soon as 2027.
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are continuing to rise, trapping more heat and driving more extreme weather, including the record-breaking heatwave that has hit the UK and Europe this week.
Global heating is already estimated to be taking one life every minute, with the toll likely to rise unless emissions fall rapidly.
I’m French and remember in the 70s/80s even 90s we never had 30+°C in fucking May. Now we have 35+ for days, multiple times a year, it’s incredible.
“incredible” is not usually used to mean “not credible” (or “not believable”) in English. It usually means “really good”. I’d go with “unbelievable” or “insane”, personally.
This might just be a North American thing though.
On the contrary, this meaning is a newer thing. As recently as the 70s incredible and fantastic were used in place of unbelievable but not always in a positive way.
Which makes it even harder, as the dictionary definitions may suggest that they’re still used that way in popular usage. I haven’t heard “incredible” used negatively or neutrally (except ironically) in my entire life, which did begin in the 20th century.
These weren’t made in my lifetime but I have definitely heard that usage in 50-70s B-movies.
For instance “the destruction was incredible”.
agree, “unbelievable” or “insane” are better, I am not an english native speaker :)
I figured, which is the only reason I mentioned it!
“incredible” works perfectly fine. Think of the phrase “He had incredible strength” meaning an unbelievably high measure of strength.
Given the context, it seemed like the intent was different than simply “to a large extent”
French has incroyable which means literally the same exact thing with the same root