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26 February
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What does climate curveballs mean?
What does climate curveballs mean?
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Unpredictable climate events
In baseball, a curveball is a way of throwing the ball that makes it curve in a strange way so that it is hard to hit.
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Unpredictable climate events
In baseball, a curveball is a way of throwing the ball that makes it curve in a strange way so that it is hard to hit.
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A curveball means something unpredictable or that we are not prepared for. So I guess a climate curveball means something unpredictable or that we are not prepared for....
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A "curveball" is something difficult that someone puts on another.
For example:
"The interviewer threw some climate curveball at the politician"
In this context, it means that the interviewer asked a difficult question about the climate to the politician.
The word "curveball" originally comes from baseball, the sport.
When the thrower throws a curveball at the batter (batter = he player who will hit the ball), the ball "curves", this mean that the ball moves strangely in the air. This is very difficult for the batter to hit properly.
I don't know the context of your question. In the most common context for a "climate curveball", it probably just means a really difficult question about the climate.
"Curveball" commonly means a "very difficult question" that was asked to confuse the person who was asked.
Hope this helps. Does it make sense?
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