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[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.