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Illustrated https://showyourstripes.info/stripes/NORTH_AMERICA-USA-Alask... Source: https://showyourstripes.info/
Good remarks, good sources. Still would like to see if there is no naturally sinusoidal tendency in the slightly longer term, i.e., are we just going into another Medieval Warm Period? [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Warm_Period
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>I'm tired of arguing with denialists I don't think that guy is denying anything. He's merely stating that the earth has gone through drastic changes _many_ times in the past. What makes this change the final one before earth is incapable of sustaining life?
Nobody sensible says Earth will be incapable of sustaining life. Jellyfish, for example, are predicted to flourish in a warming ocean depleted of fish stocks. I think it still it's an open question whether modern human civilization will survive these changes. Today, people are already dying of heat and rioting for lack of water: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_heat_wave_in_India_and_Pa... If society does collapse…
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I don't expect Alaska residents will immediately start buying AC units just because 1 day in a year reaches 32°C. 32C is not that bad, a simple fan is more than enough to keep you cool.
The way you experience temperature heavily depends on the relative humidity. E.g. I find 0C in London way colder than -15C in Northern Europe.
I also think that you wear different clothes and are more prepeared when it is -15.
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>I'm tired of arguing with denialists I don't think that guy is denying anything. He's merely stating that the earth has gone through drastic changes _many_ times in the past. What makes this change the final one before earth is incapable of sustaining life?
> I don't think that guy is denying anything. He's merely stating that the earth has gone through drastic changes _many_ times in the past. Bringing with them tons of changes to the climate, the kind which would kill billions from famines, floods, tornadoes, heat, lack of potable water, etc, in our hugely populated modern world. > What makes this change the final one before earth is incapable of sustaining life? We d…
Higher sea levels, higher temperates, higher CO2. The earth has had all that for millions of years in the past without triggering mass extinctions. Humans have been around for all of it except higher CO2.
And it's all happening on a slow enough time scale (generations) that I expect minimal disruption. Global warming is real but not the apocalyptic catastrophe that media makes it out to be. We as a species have better things to worry about like millions of us dying from preventable diseases every year.
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Nobody sensible says Earth will be incapable of sustaining life. Jellyfish, for example, are predicted to flourish in a warming ocean depleted of fish stocks. I think it still it's an open question whether modern human civilization will survive these changes. Today, people are already dying of heat and rioting for lack of water: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_heat_wave_in_India_and_Pa... If society does collapse…
Right now society is monolithic. As individuals we are part of a highly coupled system and we would die without it. What we need are small communities that are independently self sustaining. That will be much more robust and eco friendly I believe
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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.
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The way you experience temperature heavily depends on the relative humidity. E.g. I find 0C in London way colder than -15C in Northern Europe.
That is actually a common myth: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/fitn... I also think that you wear different clothes and are more prepeared when it is -15.
It's not _just_ humidity. Rain just simply can't exist at -15C, so you can't get your clothes moist because it can only snow, and that snow is cold enough not to stick to you at all.
I am not even going to start on the fact that you can walk miles of snow and not get wet, while walking through miles of slush... Well, I hope you understand the distinction.
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If you're only here because this place has high visibility, not because you're interested in the conversation, you're a spammer no matter how noble your goals are.
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,…