As the local Anthropogenic Climate Change supporter on the sub:
There was never any chance that "hottest temperature ever" was even potentially correct.
The statistical concept of "global air temperature" is around 51 F. The temperature we are concerned about getting to is 56 F.
During the Triassic period, the average global air temperature is estimated to be closer to 75 F. Additionally, there was one continent, and the primary element in the atmosphere was Oxygen, not Hydrogen.
You will never, in your lives, see the hottest day in Earth's history. Nor will you see the coldest (See: Snowball Earth).
As the local Anthropogenic Climate Change supporter on the sub:
There was never any chance that "hottest temperature ever" was even potentially correct.
The statistical concept of "global air temperature" is around 51 F. The temperature we are concerned about getting to is 56 F.
During the Triassic period, the average global air temperature is estimated to be closer to 75 F. Additionally, there was one continent, and the primary element in the atmosphere was Oxygen, not Hydrogen.
You will never, in your lives, see the hottest day in Earth's history. Nor will you see the coldest (See: Snowball Earth).
The primary element today is Nitrogen, not Hydrogen; Hydrogen escapes much too easily unless it's bound in a molecule.
But are you sure Oxygen was the primary element back then? I thought Nitrogen's been the primary element since the Cambrian Explosion, at least.
My mistake, I should have known that it wasn't hydrogen. If I made that mistake, I could be mistaken on the composition.