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Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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hellofunk wrote: post #38
cyberferret wrote: post #25

My former co-founder of my SaaS was based in remote Alaska (I am in tropical Australia), and I remember one day a while back late in the year, it was +35degC here and she said it was -35degC over there. I couldn't believe we were equidistant on either end of the 0 datum, with a massive 70 degree C difference in temperature variation. Weirdly, it is now our dry season, with temperatures around 21degC and I just Google…

But isn't that partly due to it being summer in Alaska right now, and it is winter in Australia? You said "late last year" was your previous comparison, which implies it was approaching summer in Australia?

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Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Post by DanielBMarkham »

yostrovs wrote: post #29
martincollignon wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm (obviously) very involved in climate change and how tech (very represented in the HN community) can play a role in fixing it: many are asking themselves the question on how they can do something about it. I want to help these people find a spot where they can find like-minded people interested on working on it - and I believe climate change posts on HN are a good match between people concerned about the climate,…

I'm concerned about the starving people in sub Saharan Africa. It would still be inappropriate for me to constantly spam you about it, regardless of how hungry they are.

Yes. Absolutely. I am concerned about the security/surveillance state. I understand this and try to apologize when I start going on about it.

I love HN, but it's gotten so that if it's a weekend or U.S. holiday, it's climate stories. I'm happy to ignore them, but the site itself is beginning to look a bit preachy on this particular topic.

Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Post by aoeaoeaoe »

StreamBright wrote: post #42
Retric wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We use 100 years as a benchmark for weather events like floods. As to why I guess it’s a good benchmark for living memory.

So I guess there is no scientific reason, just living memory. For me such articles just lack the scientific merit and the only purpose is trying to cause mass hysteria. Earlier it was about how we all going the freeze to death, nowadays it is how we are all going to die because of global warming. In fact Earth went through several warm and cool periods, even if you look back just few hundred years. I am all for reduc…

During Cambrian explosion there were ~7000ppm. Why on earth would someone want to reduce CO2 ? Flora desperately needs more. More CO2 -> Greener earth.

Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Post by keymone »

StreamBright wrote: post #42
Retric wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We use 100 years as a benchmark for weather events like floods. As to why I guess it’s a good benchmark for living memory.

So I guess there is no scientific reason, just living memory. For me such articles just lack the scientific merit and the only purpose is trying to cause mass hysteria. Earlier it was about how we all going the freeze to death, nowadays it is how we are all going to die because of global warming. In fact Earth went through several warm and cool periods, even if you look back just few hundred years. I am all for reduc…

Or maybe it’s only you who considers it clickbait and everybody else immediately understood the article was about recorded history of temperatures, because, you know, it’s kinda common sense?

Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Post by aoeaoeaoe »

ryder9 wrote: post #46
StreamBright wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So I guess there is no scientific reason, just living memory. For me such articles just lack the scientific merit and the only purpose is trying to cause mass hysteria. Earlier it was about how we all going the freeze to death, nowadays it is how we are all going to die because of global warming. In fact Earth went through several warm and cool periods, even if you look back just few hundred years. I am all for reduc…

so now the narrative has shifted from denial to "hysteria" & "clickbait" eh?

Not for Peter Moore, his narrative has always been consistent, that's why Greenpeace erased him from founders on their website.

Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Post by j4mie »

NeedMoreTea wrote: post #9
martincollignon wrote: post #6

Want to make a difference on climate change as a technologist? Feel free to join these communities actively looking for support and with ongoing projects (that are alive): - https://climateaction.tech/ - https://techimpactmakers.com/ - https://www.tmrow.com

Same copy paste on every climate change post is starting to feel like tedious spam at this point. I see from your history it's the only thing you have ever posted on HN.

Complaining about posts that are trying to raise awareness of and find solutions to climate meltdown feels a bit like criticising a fire alarm for disturbing your sleep.

Calling this "spam" implies the poster hopes to profit from his actions. In this case, the poster literally wants to save the entire planet.

Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Post by cerebellum42 »

StreamBright wrote: post #42
Retric wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We use 100 years as a benchmark for weather events like floods. As to why I guess it’s a good benchmark for living memory.

So I guess there is no scientific reason, just living memory. For me such articles just lack the scientific merit and the only purpose is trying to cause mass hysteria. Earlier it was about how we all going the freeze to death, nowadays it is how we are all going to die because of global warming. In fact Earth went through several warm and cool periods, even if you look back just few hundred years. I am all for reduc…

To cause "hysteria" in the way you're implying the general public would have to read the headline any other way than it is meant in the first place. But joe shmoe wasn't ever going to consider that 1000 years ago earth may have been in a different place climate wise so they're going to read the headline exactly the same whether it has the qualifier "in recorded history" or not.

Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Post by reallydontask »

huffmsa wrote: post #57

100 years of temperature data isn't saying much though. If we could show that prior to the Last Glacial Period the temperature never breached 90°F, maybe this would be compelling.

Is there a way we could do this, namely get air temperatures prior to the last glacial period?

It seems that you are setting an impossible bar rather than seeking an honest inquiry, happy to be corrected though

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