A series of records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice are "unprecedented", some scientists say.

  • Arrayrepairman@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 years 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.

    • 133arc585@lemmy.ml
      22·
      2 years 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.