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Global ocean temperatures are entering “uncharted territory,” climate scientists say | Sea surface temperatures in late June reached nearly 70 degrees Fahrenheit on average, shattering records (www.scientificamerican.com)

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago

checks Wikipedia

TIL that the Fahrenheit scale was invented in either The Netherlands or England by an ethnic German born in Poland rather than in England by an English person born Englishly in England as I had always thought in spite of the German-sounding name 😆

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