Antartica temp in winter 50 degrees above normal

[RaisedByWolves]

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

Personally I died right after this from panic.


But I got better.

Given the extremely low temps in Antartica, would 50-70* above normal even be above freezing?

I say freezing as freezing is also not 32*, its slightly lower per my 9th grade science teacher.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

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

We are insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

I wonder how many proponents of the current fear cycle (I remember back in the 70s we were entering a new ice age donchaknow) Even know or understand the Carrington event or the Younger Dryas.

Id be willing to bet not many.


These reports scared me back then, but I was a child and didnt fully understand what was going on in the world.

Carbon credits and shell companys changed that for me forever.

 

[woodchucker]

We are insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

I wonder how many proponents of the current fear cycle (I remember back in the 70s we were entering a new ice age donchaknow) Even know or understand the Carrington event or the Younger Dryas.

Id be willing to bet not many.


These reports scared me back then, but I was a child and didnt fully understand what was going on in the world.

Carbon credits and shell companys changed that for me forever.

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well, there's a problem with that. One it wasn't widely supported, it was a small number of scientists. Their numbers were way off, and like everything else follow the money. Far more were reporting that we were warming. But that was not what the Oil companies wanted to push. The warming goes all the way back to the 1890s when scientists predicted that we would warm due to the fossil fuel burning.

Just wanted to set the record straight.. it wasn't widely believed that we were cooling. It was a small group pushing it loudly.

 

[SouthernChap]

Right, I'm bowing out, because if I read any more myopic, exceedingly-short-termist-self-interested nonsense, I'm going to lose my temper and get myself in trouble (and way more importantly, fall out with people who I owe domain-specific respect and thanks to for the help they've given me).

Hitting the ignore on this thread, I think.