redhydride@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoClimate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientistswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1406arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareArrayrepairman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIn 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.
minus-square133arc585@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoNo, 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.
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.
No, as I realized and clarified in a comment of mine down this thread a bit,
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.