Antartica temp in winter 50 degrees above normal

[Jeff.64]

Interesting. It's is amazing what a nuclear fusion reactor 1,300,000 times the size of the earth, and 93,000,000 miles away can do. I certainly hope we never have another Carrington event.

 

[Ulma Doctor]

Interesting. It's is amazing what a nuclear fusion reactor 1,300,000 times the size of the earth, and 93,000,000 miles away can do. I certainly hope we never have another Carrington event.

Or another Younger Dryas type of catastrophe

 

[Forty Niner]

Here in central Texas, we had a very mild July. Much cooler that normal.

I think the reason July was cooler this year than last is that the old fashioned West Texas cooling fans have been replaced by some much larger ones and in great numbers.


These fans are used to blow the hot air out of Texas.

See photos. Old style on left, new style on right.

 

[Ultradog MN]

Just saw a few articles on the polar heat vortex that is causing temps to be 50 degrees f (30 C) above normal. Damn, that's not good.

I lived in Vernal, Utah for a year in 1981.
One time I sat in my truck and watched a chipmunk crawl up a tree and attack the 3 baby robins in a nest. One at a time it chewed their beaks off then dropped them on the ground to die. The chipmunk's mouth was all bloody and it was very cringe worthy.
Now different people could have drawn different conclusions from that event.
Some might say that chipmunks were becoming predatory and/or carnivorous and to watch out for your children.
Or that it was an example of mother nature going haywire because of our polluting their habitat or maybe it was an effect of the loss of the ozone layer which was a very popular scare at that time.
And some would have advocated taxes, laws and restrictions because of it.
But I saw it as a weird anomaly, a once in a century sort of thing. And knowing as I do, that "normal" includes lots and lots of anomalies, I did not fear for the robins, or the children or civilization for that matter.
And I have seen a lot of chipmunks since then and none of them had bloody mouths. So I'm thinking that chipmunk, like the temperature thing you refer to, was an anomaly and we need not get in a panic over it.

 

[higgite]

In 2022, it got up to 70 F above normal in Antarctica.

Hot poles: Antarctica, Arctic 40 and 30 degrees Celsius above normal

Earth's poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average.

phys.org

I didn’t notice the difference.

Tom

 

[Ulma Doctor]

Temperature fluctuations are a normal phenomenon.
The fluctuations now are tame in comparison to those of 10,000 years ago, cavemen had no part in the natural process.

There is little humans can do change the wobble of the earth, the distance from the sun (which varies yearly) ,the proximity of the moon to our planet, or our solar system’s travel through the ever expanding universe.
We are powerless against these forces

 

[Ulma Doctor]

Nope. These are record setting phenomena

Nope, the highest temperatures according to ice samples,were between 4,000 and 8,000 years ago

 

[Eddyde]

Hey folks,

Just a reminder to keep it civil. Some members have strong opinions on this matter and they don't always align with other members. No one is going to change anyone else's opinion. State your case and move on.

Otherwise, I'll have to lock the thread.

 

[Mauzinette]

I work in research (biomedical, not environmental) and it’s sometimes amusing how strong opinions people can have with absolutely zero knowledge.

 

[pontiac428]

I built a 2-story ark with 13 foot ceilings and packed it with tools and a supply of NOS Mo-Max, brazed carbide, and sharpenable HSS. It's got plenty of overhead light, a strong Klipsch sound system, and enough insulation to keep it manageable most of the year. I guess that's enough. I suppose I could load two of each machine up the ramp into the ark, my 17" lathe wants a Hardinge and my big mill might like the company of a true universal. Guess the work is never done...