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Note that these are surface temperatures, while weather is usually reported as air temperatures. The air temperatures were around 30C, per the article. Surface
by unchocked 5y ago
Note that these are surface temperatures, while weather is usually reported as air temperatures. The air temperatures were around 30C, per the article.
Surface temperatures vary a great deal, asphalt in the sun for instance can be 30C+ hotter than the surrounding air.
Climate change is real, and human-caused. The Arctic is in crisis, and land temperatures matter. But it is not 48C up there in the same sense that it was 46C/115F in the Pacific Northwest this week.
- xeromal 5y agoYeah, I kind of hate all these articles spouting off ground temp. The ground temp at furnace creek, NV, which the world record air temp is held (53C), is 94C. It's not really fair to conflate the two ideas.
- beerandt 5y agoIn a competition to report the highest, most sensational number, expect these misleading media comparisons to continue. BTW, today's high at my house was 350F for 11-13 mins. Reporting surface temps makes just about as much sense.
- ASalazarMX 5y agoDoes Furnace Creek has permanent permafrost? If so, an historically high surface temperature is very significant.
- xeromal 5y agoNot saying it ain't. I'm saying that should be clarified because people will assume air temperature unless its specified. The title was clarified so now there will not be confusion.
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- NiceWayToDoIT 5y agoIssue with such high ground temperature is that most of Siberian ground is a thick permafrost, which is rich in Methane clathrate, which if melts quickly can release huge amount of Methane really quickly, which is comparatively more dangerous than CO2 emission. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane_clathrate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane_clathrate