• 133arc585@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    But nothing is falling, all of the temperature records are rising.

    I see what you’re saying. I had taken the use to mean the situation is tumbling, not the temperatures. But upon a closer reading (of the title specifically) it seems a more reasonable interpretation of the word tumble is:

    Climate records tumble,

    The object of the verb ‘tumble’ is “climate records”. That is, the climate records are tumbling. A tumbling record is one which has fallen over and been surpassed. So what they’re saying by using the word “tumble” is: previous climate records have fallen over and been surpassed.

    I do agree it’s a weird word choice, but I don’t think it’s wrong or even playing on a potential uncommon secondary definition. It’s not saying temperatures have tumbled, but rather records have tumbled.

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      1 year ago

      Oh. That must be where it’s from, the records specifically tumbling. As you say, weird, but not really wrong

      Thank you. I believe the other headline was also talking about the heat. Maybe they were also talking about records.

      It’s been tickling my brain for several days now and when I saw the used this way again I was like “Well that’s not going away until I get an answer” haha.