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One of 2023's most extreme heat waves is happening in the middle of winter (phys.org)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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Temperatures in parts of Chile and northern Argentina have soared to 10°C–20°C above average over the last few days. Towns in the Andes mountains have reached 38°C or more, while Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, saw temperatures above 30°C—breaking its previous August record by more than 5°C. Temperatures peaked at 39°C in the town of Rivadavia.

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[–] 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

BTW what does boost mean?

I believe boost is similar to upvote on Kbin. I'm not sure what the difference between boost and upvote is.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Upvoting is like favoriting something, but a boost bumps something up so it’s more likely to appear on the trending section.

So upvote means “I like it” and boosting means “more people should see it,” from what I understand.

[–] 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the clarification!