ZMM wrote:https://twitter.com/grantshapps/status/1685898044791828480?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet I can't see any of the comments, hopefully he's getting rinsed from spreading such drivel.
Vela wrote:For the record, August is the southern hemisphere coldest month.
https://archive.ph/2023.08.08-114945/https://www.newscientist.com/article/2386432-scientists-shocked-by-extreme-events-in-antarctica-as-earth-heats-up/“There’s a real danger in the years ahead that Antarctica stops acting as a refrigerant for the planet and starts acting as a radiator,” says Siegert.
The fact that there are few weather stations in the region and that records don’t go back very far can make it hard to be certain that individual extreme events are the result of global warming, according to the researchers. But some, such as the 18.6°C recorded at Esperanza station in 2020 – the highest temperature seen in Antarctica – have been shown to be made more likely by global heating and it is reasonable to assume this is the case for the other extreme events, says Siegert. “It’s difficult to project to the future,” he says. “But this unfortunately is exactly what we’d be expecting to see on track to a worst-case scenario of ice sheet instability.”
Brooks wrote:The stark gap between this year and last is like... how. Did someone fart.
Brilliant. Scotland in the summer is now colder than Antarctica. FML.monkey wrote:Aaaaand we're fucked.https://archive.ph/2023.08.08-114945/https://www.newscientist.com/article/2386432-scientists-shocked-by-extreme-events-in-antarctica-as-earth-heats-up/“There’s a real danger in the years ahead that Antarctica stops acting as a refrigerant for the planet and starts acting as a radiator,” says Siegert.
The fact that there are few weather stations in the region and that records don’t go back very far can make it hard to be certain that individual extreme events are the result of global warming, according to the researchers. But some, such as the 18.6°C recorded at Esperanza station in 2020 – the highest temperature seen in Antarctica – have been shown to be made more likely by global heating and it is reasonable to assume this is the case for the other extreme events, says Siegert. “It’s difficult to project to the future,” he says. “But this unfortunately is exactly what we’d be expecting to see on track to a worst-case scenario of ice sheet instability.”
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