Climate Change Thread

[Gilrandir]

Its called "weather"....

This thread is about "whether..."

Thank God it's not about wether.

[HopAlongBunny]

Whether or not it's just weather, it is just damn strange for the people living through it:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/...thaw-1.4554864

"one swallow does not a summer make" and all that

[Beskar]

We got weather bombed by Siberia, even the place I am at which never snows is experiencing a blizzard.
http://theconversation.com/beast-fro...an-chill-92385

[Fragony]

Same here, it's really cold, temperatures as low as -20. I don't really mind, normally it's rainy and grey this time of the year, everything is kinda beautiful now

[HopAlongBunny]

I find it interesting.
Mainly because of a SCIAM article from back in the '90s.
Among the many observations the author made was a discussion of how wind patterns could change.
Yes it's a little disturbing seeing it play out in real-time, but it's kinda cool too :p
"Why didn't someone say something!?" someone did (actually many) and here we are.

[Fragony]

It's pretty straightforward, we are a little less close to the sun so it's colder. it's a pattern that has been consistant for millions of years. At times the planets allign differently and the earth ges pulled out of orbit a bit, I doubt anyone at NASA disagrees with that it's as exact as a rolex. Manmade ckimate-change is beyond rediculous. At least it helps to make things cleaner if people believe in it, but nuclear energy ohnoes.

[HopAlongBunny]

The thing that is not happening is already having some real world impact:

https://www.motherjones.com/environm...lobal-warming/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...than-20-years/

The Greenland base was entombed in ice. At the time, it was thought it would be entombed "forever" (thank you to CrossLOPER for pointing out that term should be used very carefully)
Both facilities will likely "rot in place"; too bad if you are a resident or live nearby.