# \#climate-change **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/climate-change/116.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [Is it hot out there or is it just me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-hot-out-there-or-is-it-just-me/1028563)
**Author:** [@doomtastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomtastic)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-hot-out-there-or-is-it-just-me/1028563 "2026-10-12T00:33:04Z")
So, this is currently happening in the western US (hopefully I’ve linked it properly so it will embed): Summer. In March. Quite possibly the most absurd example of clima… --- ## [The Future Cities Project - mantownhuman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-cities-project-mantownhuman/1031279)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-cities-project-mantownhuman/1031279 "2026-07-08T12:31:37Z")
Another thread had a side reference to The Future Cities Project, led by Austin Williams, with a manifesto under the name mantownhuman. The manifesto rails against current trends in architecture, especially bureaucratic… --- ## [Will extremely high temperatures due to climate change actually make parts of the world unlivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-extremely-high-temperatures-due-to-climate-change-actually-make-parts-of-the-world-unlivable/1030657)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-extremely-high-temperatures-due-to-climate-change-actually-make-parts-of-the-world-unlivable/1030657 "2026-06-08T06:41:55Z")
Ok so, to start the discussion I know climate change is a serious issue. We need to be investing far far more into fixing it, and continuing to burn fossil fuels and relying on dropping giant ice cubes in the ocean is no… --- ## [What motivates cynics/pessimists/nihilists to make improvements to the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-cynics-pessimists-nihilists-to-make-improvements-to-the-world/1029764)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-cynics-pessimists-nihilists-to-make-improvements-to-the-world/1029764 "2026-05-04T02:11:05Z")
And I mean in the more macro sense; it gets easier to understand the more immediately local and personal the issues get. I’m also not doubting that there are plenty of people fighting hard against climate change and Ame… --- ## [Climate change tag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-tag/1028562)
**Author:** [@doomtastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomtastic)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-tag/1028562 "2026-03-19T19:03:35Z")
Would it be possible to get a climate change tag added for discussions around the topic? I think it would be a benefit for organization and I doubt I’m the only one interested judging by the discussion in the current sp… --- ## [Speculating on how much time we really have left - a climate change thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculating-on-how-much-time-we-really-have-left-a-climate-change-thread/1028461)
**Author:** [@doomtastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomtastic)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculating-on-how-much-time-we-really-have-left-a-climate-change-thread/1028461 "2026-03-19T17:13:39Z")
Break out your crystal balls everyone. Let’s do some speculating: Climate change is accelerating. All of the scientific evidence collected to date confirms this. Estimates vary, but increasingly look like we will sur…