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Climate change communicates different areas will be affected differently. For instance, the arctic warms incredibly fast, due to melting ice, reduced albedo, an
by WhompingWindows 7y ago
Climate change communicates different areas will be affected differently. For instance, the arctic warms incredibly fast, due to melting ice, reduced albedo, and disrupted polar vortex. In contrast, the USA is not warming nearly as fast as the arctic, but some areas are much more flood prone, hurricane prone, or prone to extreme weather (high highs in AZ, CA, FL, low lows in upper midwest (due to polar vortex aforementioned)).
So, global warming is technically true, the average heat content of the globe is rising over time...but it's an outdated, over simplistic term because "warming" does not tell us that each locality is going to face a different reality. It's also used by skeptics to say "well, there's snow, so clearly warming is a hoax" or "well, MN has record low temps, global warming is a hoax." Actually it isn't, but ignorant politicians and voters may think it's a hoax if they only look in their own zip code for warming, and not for climactic changes everywhere.