• fosforus@sopuli.xyz
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    10 months ago

    We had -35C for several consecutive days where I live. It has been the coldest winter in at least a decade.

    And yes, I know this doesn’t say anything about global warming. Just wishing it spread out a bit.

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      10 months ago

      Climate change will go both ways, cold bouts will be colder and warm bouts will be warmer. Cold will be less present on average because of rising global temps but extreme weather patterns will be more common. I assume that’s what’s happening on your side of the world.

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        10 months ago

        Yep. More energy in the atmosphere doesn’t necessarily mean higher temperatures. As a general trend sure. But it will mean more energetic weather patterns. More “outliers” and wild swings stressing everything.

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      10 months ago

      Let’s hope that the Gulf Stream doesn’t shutdown or we’ll be having these cold winters quite often.

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        10 months ago

        That would probably not be a good thing for property prices around these parts.

  • Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    Tf does this even mean? “Coldest?” It will swing wildly in both directions until the ecosystem collapses in on itself.

    Next winter will be colder, next summer will be hotter

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      10 months ago

      Pretty sure they are referring to average annual temperature. The winters may get colder in some areas, but the summers are getting hotter everywhere, and to a bigger degree. So the average temperature will continue to trend up.

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      10 months ago

      It means that every year is going to be hotter than the year before it, making it the coolest year from this point to the end of your life.

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        10 months ago

        It’s just not accurate though. Again, most scientists have parts of the world getting INSANELY cold and some parts getting INSANELY hot. But it will not be an even distribution.

        Overall heat going up? I agree. But the wording of the article isn’t theoretically correct.

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    10 months ago

    And you chose to post this when it’s currently -4F in my state, which is crazy cold for here. Repost next week when it’s back up into the 40’s.