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Extra energy in the atmosphere and sea, will lead to more energetic weather - higher highs and lower lows, bigger droughts, heavier intense rainfall events, few
by EdwardDiego 5y ago
Extra energy in the atmosphere and sea, will lead to more energetic weather - higher highs and lower lows, bigger droughts, heavier intense rainfall events, fewer hurricanes, but the ones that do form will be more powerful, etc. etc.
The term "global warming", while scientifically correct, was dropped for "climate change" to remove this type of confusion, you know the kind - "if the whole world is warming, why did we just have a huge ice storm in Texas?"
- fragmede 5y agoCan scientists start giving the warming in approximate extra joules in the atmosphere instead of saying 1°C? It would be a rough measure, but like giving volume as "number of VW beetles" or data as "number of libraries of Congress", a large number of joules is something more easily compared than a single degree C.
- BlueTemplar 5y agoThey already do, it's just harder to understand for the overwhelming majority of people, so it tends to stay in more specialized sources.