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Global warming does not mean everywhere gets hotter. Global warming means: Entire planet gets hotter ON AVERAGE, Some places will get hotter, some will get d
by twawaaay 4y ago
Global warming does not mean everywhere gets hotter.
Global warming means:
Entire planet gets hotter ON AVERAGE,
Some places will get hotter, some will get drier, but some can also get wetter or colder.
In essence, warming will cause weather patterns to change. We will get a period of changing weather and then the system may stabilise with a set of new patterns that are different from current ones.
Whatever happens, it will be very costly to humanity. Our current existence, for example placement of population centers, how we live, how our houses are built, how we produce our food -- it all depends on weather patterns being the way they are now.
In particular, it is possible that Europe will get colder soon. If the Gulfstream collapses, the masses of warm water that bring heat and humidity to north Atlantic will cease. While it is not entirely clear what is going to happen, it is possible we are going to get much more arctic air and possible that European climate gets drier.
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoWeather always changes. Global warming means the planet gets hotter on average. It does not mean every place gets hotter. That's pretty much it. "Climate change" is kind of a dumb phrase IMO. The climate always changes. Change is inevitable. It's fine. Unidirectional change to warmer temperatures (global warming) is probably not fine.