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Yeah but you can’t really use that to infer much right?

by klysm 5y ago

klyrs 5y ago
It's a missing piece in the modeling. While this was only one event, it results in a mountain of data. I expect that taking this data into account should improve the accuracy of climate modeling in the future. A common saying in Canada "a little warming can go a long way for Canadian agriculture" is looking outdated now. Canada and Siberia might not be the safe havens that folks have been counting on as hotter climes exceed the lethal 35° wet bulb temperature
- underseacables 5y ago
  Perhaps its time we start moving underground.
  - hasmanean 5y ago
    Or building indoor or semi-shaded hydroponics. Canada still has plenty of summer sun and water.
    - underseacables 5y ago
      What does that mean, please? Evaporative cooling?
- TMWNN 5y ago
  >A common saying in Canada "a little warming can go a long way for Canadian agriculture" is looking outdated now. This was never accurate. The regions with good soil are already used. Northern Ontario isn't farmed because of climate, but because it's either muskeg or the Clay Belt. While the latter is good soil, all previous attempts to lure settlers failed because both muskeg and the Clay Belt are completely infested with black flies and mosquitos. (Muskeg also covers Siberia.)
  - munk-a 5y ago
    I think that was always a very silly sentiment because you'd need to get global warming just right but... Northern Quebec would also probably make a really good breadbasket if not for the fact that it's constantly frozen. Yes the prairies are terrible for farming due to the extremely poor soil - but Quebec has a lot of rich healthy land.
    - kens 5y ago
      > the prairies are terrible for farming due to the extremely poor soil What? Farming is a major prairie industry due to the good soil. Are you confusing the prairies with another region? Source: grew up in a prairie farming town.
      - munk-a 5y ago
        I was thinking more toward the shield - but my terminology for the region might be off.
cf100clunk 5y ago
Evidence is always subject to inference, right? Always has been. Here is a video clip with the CBC's Johanna Wagstaffe describing and illustrating the actual meteorological events that led to the inferno in Lytton on June 30, 2021: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1917179971848 https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1917179971848 To be clear, the Guardian piece is implying a macro view of the heat dome phenomena, while the CBC video is more tightly focused upon the actual Lytton event.

Yeah but you can’t really use that to infer much right?

by klysm 5y ago

Yeah but you can’t really use that to infer much right?

It's a missing piece in the modeling. While this was only one event, it results in a mountain of data. I expect that taking this data into account should improve the accuracy of climate modeling in the future. A common saying in Canada "a little warming can go a long way for Canadian agriculture" is looking outdated now. Canada and Siberia might not be the safe havens that folks have been counting on as hotter climes exceed the lethal 35° wet bulb temperature

underseacables 5y ago
Perhaps its time we start moving underground.
- hasmanean 5y ago
  Or building indoor or semi-shaded hydroponics. Canada still has plenty of summer sun and water.
  - underseacables 5y ago
    What does that mean, please? Evaporative cooling?
TMWNN 5y ago
>A common saying in Canada "a little warming can go a long way for Canadian agriculture" is looking outdated now. This was never accurate. The regions with good soil are already used. Northern Ontario isn't farmed because of climate, but because it's either muskeg or the Clay Belt. While the latter is good soil, all previous attempts to lure settlers failed because both muskeg and the Clay Belt are completely infested with black flies and mosquitos. (Muskeg also covers Siberia.)
- munk-a 5y ago
  I think that was always a very silly sentiment because you'd need to get global warming just right but... Northern Quebec would also probably make a really good breadbasket if not for the fact that it's constantly frozen. Yes the prairies are terrible for farming due to the extremely poor soil - but Quebec has a lot of rich healthy land.
  - kens 5y ago
    > the prairies are terrible for farming due to the extremely poor soil What? Farming is a major prairie industry due to the good soil. Are you confusing the prairies with another region? Source: grew up in a prairie farming town.
    - munk-a 5y ago
      I was thinking more toward the shield - but my terminology for the region might be off.

cf100clunk 5y ago

Evidence is always subject to inference, right? Always has been. Here is a video clip with the CBC's Johanna Wagstaffe describing and illustrating the actual meteorological events that led to the inferno in Lytton on June 30, 2021: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1917179971848 https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1917179971848 To be clear, the Guardian piece is implying a macro view of the heat dome phenomena, while the CBC video is more tightly focused upon the actual Lytton event.