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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

B b but it was hot in the summertime or something

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

I swear just a few years ago it was polar vortex this polar vortex that on the news everyday about the cold weather and I haven't heard it once this year.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Weird, we're experiencing the opposite in Europe.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Will the increased snow cover at lower latitudes reduce warming? (I'm guessing probably yes, due to increased albedo. But, snow is also an insulator, and might be holding ground heat. I don't know which effect will be greater.)

If it does reduce warming, will the amount be significant relative to anthropogenic climate change? (I'm guessing probably not.)

And just out of curiosity, did the Southern Hemisphere experience similar polar disturbances last winter, or in the past few years?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The problem here is that the snow will melt at some point. The reason this is happening is because the sea ice that existed year-round until now is nearly gone each summer. The lack of consistent ice covering means that there is a greater amount of energy being absorbed by the ocean, perhaps not year-round, but that it's happening so much more in the summer is sufficient to utterly outweigh any amount of temporary snowfall anywhere else on the globe.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How do I quantify this to my hypothetical parents who reject climate change, and to my hypothetical siblings who don't know one way or another?

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