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    1 year ago

    In this case, one could assume tumbling is related to the temperature and not the situation, leading to an observation that the situation is improving. It is a poor choice of words for this headline.

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      1 year ago

      No, as I realized and clarified in a comment of mine down this thread a bit,

      Climate records tumble,

      Here, “climate records” is the object of the verb “tumble”. That is, the thing that is “tumbling” are “climate records”.

      I agree it’s a poor choice of wording for a headline but it is clear what is doing the tumbling on subsequent reads.