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Does anyone know why the change at the north pole is bigger than the south pole? Is this because the north pole is floating on water?
by tdrdt 5y ago
Does anyone know why the change at the north pole is bigger than the south pole? Is this because the north pole is floating on water?
- SiempreViernes 5y agoI think the biggest factor differentiating the climate on the halves of the globe is that there's more landmass on the upper* bit of the Earth, so my first guess would be that the difference is tied to this overall difference. *Comment by the North Hemisphere Gang
- ximeng 5y agohttps://www.news18.com/amp/news/buzz/global-warning-north-pole-is-heating-up-twice-as-fast-as-the-rest-of-the-earth-3159197.html https://www.news18.com/amp/news/buzz/global-warning-north-po... This suggests that when the ice melts the darker water absorbs more energy from the light, and then warmer water freezes less resulting in a permanently warmer arctic.
- Muromec 5y agoBecause co2 is not evenly distributed with most polluters concentrated in northern hemisphere and prevailing wind direction to be from equator to poles.
- wcoenen 5y agoAny air moving towards the poles must necessarily be balanced by air moving away from the poles. This manifests as "Hadley cells" and other similar wind patterns. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Earth_Global_Circulation_-_en.svg/660px-Earth_Global_Circulation_-_en.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Ea...
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