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Geralt_the_Rive t1_j8o6hrb wrote
It looks like it's breathing, interesting.
Hadochiel t1_j8qxinl wrote
And with each passing year, the lung gets smaller and smaller
jane_q t1_j8rer6y wrote
Look, kids! This is what "ice" was like!
jacket13 t1_j8rb2o8 wrote
Ice caps are growing again, lung is getting bigger. Remember climate positive news is never shared by news outlets because "it does not get enough clicks".
Hadochiel t1_j8rba28 wrote
I'm actually fine with positive news regarding the climate not being shared too much, as not nearly enough is done about climate change.
There's enough deniers around, you wouldn't want them to get more ammo for their "see? There's no climate problem" gun
DeepSpaceNebulae t1_j8t0mmd wrote
It’s slightly more complicated than “it’s growing”
If you’re talking about Antarctica, it has warmed (at a rate much faster than elsewhere) which increases precipitation. In the short term that means more cumulative snowfall and ice build up. Long term, that trend will reverse as the warming losses begin to outweigh the precipitation increase
If you’re talking and in the arctic, then that is very misleading. While, yes, the winter has ice sheets growing at rates faster than decades ago, it is melting at even faster rates in the summer. So in the end every year has less and less ice
boones_farmer t1_j8oamtm wrote
Why's there so much less snow in the South than in the North?
ooMEAToo OP t1_j8ocuih wrote
Not a lot of land near Antarctica.
boones_farmer t1_j8odzky wrote
Yeah, wow looked up the latitudes. Never realized how close North America and Europe really are to the North Pole relative to the southern portions of other continents. Crazy
dlte24 t1_j8powt1 wrote
Probably because you're so used to the northern hemisphere taking up more space than the south on a lot of map projections (like Mercator).
Asha108 t1_j8qp73p wrote
antarctica is pretty much just a bunch of mountain archipelagos
awfulsome t1_j8rllh0 wrote
To give an idea, the southernmost tip of africa is 34.5 degrees south
The southernmost tip of South America is 55.9 degrees south.
The top of north america is 83.1 degrees north.
The top of europe is 71 degrees north.
Virtually all of alaska is more northern than this is southern
Canada doesn't even start til 41.6 degrees north. Maine goes 47 degrees north.
Tomon2 t1_j8pbfy7 wrote
I mean, the gif shows it pretty clearly.
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abark006 t1_j8q6pp5 wrote
South Atlantic current.
Tagous t1_j8ovz24 wrote
It doesn’t show any of the arctic ocean freezing solid.
-Iknewthisalready- t1_j8rwcxj wrote
Antarctica feels numb to the seasonal changes as this doesn’t show the ocean around it freeze
19IXI91 t1_j91tg54 wrote
It's shows all of the Arctic Ocean freezing solid, it's just a stupid af map.
FreneticPlatypus t1_j8p3qda wrote
May have to update that if things keep this way for long. It's the "dead of winter" and it's 50-60F in New England this week.
tlamy t1_j8s4nbx wrote
That's so odd! Here in Arizona it's been the same temperature this week, and even had a little bit of snow in Tucson on Tuesday night. It's been nice and chilly, with drizzles of rain :)
Gamebird8 t1_j8pha5a wrote
I mean, we get those occasionally. New England is well know for it's weirdly out of season weather every so often.
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Now, the real point of contention here is that winters have been much milder, where 15 years ago it would be 10-20°F it's now 25-35°F and snow doesn't really stick to the ground anymore, usually coming and then melting the next day or so.
Doortofreeside t1_j8ppgy5 wrote
Yeah, one week could just be weather, but the climate change in my lifetime has been so noticeable. Boston just isn't a wintry location most of the time anymore. If only climate change could do something about the darkness...
Of course it's fitting that our snowiest winter ever has happened recently, which bucks the trend. And (I think?) the coldest day of my lifetime happened this year during one of the warmest winters in record.
Gamebird8 t1_j8ptgzu wrote
Climate Change creates weather extremes.
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It's worth noting how mild the winter is, but when it's actually cold..... it get's really cold. You could convince me that 0-10°F doesn't exist and I'd believe you
Chaosr21 t1_j8qg1m5 wrote
Dead of the winter? What months are your winters? I'm in Mideast america and I consider Feb to be the end of winter with spring starting in March
kekim87 t1_j8pg38c wrote
I've been staring at this for the last 12 minutes...
andygup t1_j8py4h2 wrote
A person of 80 years would take 672,768,000 breaths. If the earth was a living being taking one seasonal breath every year, that’s 4 billion breaths, the earth as a living being would be equivalent to 5 lifetimes.
Kind of a roundabout way to hypothetically imagine the earth as a giant old wise living being with a nasty infestation of humans.
Let’s hope Gaia’s immune system doesn’t kick in.
weedz420 t1_j8plom7 wrote
Antarctica just chillin.
Trips-Over-Tail t1_j8s1lt3 wrote
UK gets no snow, as usual.
Mike-Rauch t1_j8sdw1q wrote
I feel the thing everyone immediately notices, myself included, is the snow and ice in the northern hemisphere. But the growth and decline of the rainforests in central Africa is really cool to see
Lando1619 t1_j8sh4uq wrote
If this is accurate, it’s actually pretty crazy to me that only like ~30% of the earth sees snow.. and I have to see it for 8 months out of the year. Fucking Canada.
SjurEido t1_j8x3x16 wrote
I'm confused. I though the "seasons" rotated around the globe based on the angle of our axis in relation to the sun as we orbited it.
This makes it seem that Earth experiences the same season planet wide simultaneously.
What am I missing?
tjt5754 t1_j91dehj wrote
Look more closely at how the snow at the tip of South America is offset by 6mos from the snow up north. Also if you look at Australia you'll see a brown/green cycle that matches as well.
Fact is there just isn't much land far enough south to show the snow cover that makes this more visible in the north.
ooMEAToo OP t1_j9q0aeb wrote
I believe they are just showing it this way to give the look that the earth is breathing.
DeathStarVet t1_j8ob0v1 wrote
For now...
MegiddoDoge t1_j8qqwwm wrote
North Africa: Seasons?
Scholesie09 t1_j8qx6yj wrote
Kinda weird that it doesn't show sea ice in the arctic, or around Antarctica, but doesn't include the fact that Antarctica is an archipelago held together by sea ice so should really look like this
dasus t1_j8rc15i wrote
Can you guys see the European countries?
The gamma on my replacement screen sucks balls (fuck my phone repair guys)
herbalistfarmer t1_j8rfq4a wrote
Why aren’t the oceans freezing?
Zerbulon t1_j8s12zw wrote
Why is there no ice/visible winter in the southern hemisphere?
Trips-Over-Tail t1_j8s1iu7 wrote
Southern ocean current seperates the warm from the cold.
elcabeza79 t1_j8s33pi wrote
Wait, what? There's no snow in N. Korea, Denmark or the German Baltic coast?
Wyrmlimion t1_j8sf50f wrote
Ireland getting no winter fun ☹️
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19IXI91 t1_j91tapw wrote
I like how this is like one of those family photos of the parents and their 8 kids and then in the top left is the blown up frame of the parents, the parents here being Russia and Muricah.
MisterFixit_69 t1_ja40qgq wrote
There is a lot more desert than I realized
Splattacus t1_j8p835f wrote
Anyone else just been turned on?
Chaosr21 t1_j8qg7jg wrote
The earth looks alive. It's so sad that we're destroying it. This beautiful and possibly living thing. I mean everything on the earth is alive, so why not the earth itself?
QuantumQaos t1_j8s5y4q wrote
The breath of the earth that we foolish humans are trying to alter. CLIMATE CHANGE OMGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
darrellbear t1_j8ps4g0 wrote
Northern hemisphere winter happens when the Earth is relatively close to the Sun in its orbit, so we have that going for us. Winters would be colder and summers hotter if we were farther from the Sun during our winter.
unhearme t1_j8r17eb wrote
The orbit around the Sun while elliptical is almost circular. Closest 91million miles, furthest 94 million miles.
The coldness during winter is due to the tilt of the earth more than a minor change in distance. Seasons change because of the tilt of the Earth which orbits the Sun about a tilted axis of 23 degrees.
During Winter in the North, the North Pole is tilted away from the Earth so the North has less direct rays from the sun while the South is tilted towards the Sun with more direct rays causing Summer.
Spork_Warrior t1_j8pyux2 wrote
Fuck your seasons
-- Antarctica