Antarctica's winter is now 50F hotter than it used to be
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#2A record-breaking heat wave unfolding at what should be the coldest time in Earth’s coldest place has scientists concerned about what it could mean for the future health of the Antarctic continent, and the consequences it could inflict for millions of people across the globe.
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#3In the grand scheme of things, aren't we being overly concerned about a potential blip?
I don't want to minimise this, but some people are becoming hysterical, leading to ideas like blocking the sun or taxing everyone to fund various greenwashing vanity projects.
Such click-baits don't help.
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#5The editorialized title "Antarctica's winter is now 50F hotter than it used to be" is extremely misleading. The "winter" is not 50 degF hotter than "it used to be", portions of East Antarctica are "up to" 50 degF hotter right now than they usually are versus the same time in a reference year.
This is a heat wave, which is probably related to climate change, and is worrying of course, but it's not the same as the winters in Antarctica somehow being 50 degrees higher than they used to.
Original title: ‘Astonishing’ Antarctica heat wave sends temperatures 50 degrees above normal
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Huh? Plenty of people go to Antarctica.
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#7Re: Antarctica's winter is now 50F hotter than it used to be
#8The editorialized title "Antarctica's winter is now 50F hotter than it used to be" is extremely misleading. The "winter" is not 50 degF hotter than "it used to be", portions of East Antarctica are "up to" 50 degF hotter right now than they usually are versus the same time in a reference year. This is a heat wave, which is probably related to climate change, and is worrying of course, but it's not the same as the wint…
In the graphic they also define climatology mean temperature as "what the temperature should be" which is horribly wrong.
Re: Antarctica's winter is now 50F hotter than it used to be
#950F = 10C
Re: Antarctica's winter is now 50F hotter than it used to be
#10In the grand scheme of things, aren't we being overly concerned about a potential blip? I don't want to minimise this, but some people are becoming hysterical, leading to ideas like blocking the sun or taxing everyone to fund various greenwashing vanity projects. Such click-baits don't help.
Well then, in your opinion, when is the time to actually become concerned about it?
If continuous gradual increases aren't it, and larger outlier events aren't it - what's left? Frequent medium increases? Because we're seeing those too.
I ask genuinely, from your perspective, when is the time to become concerned about it?