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Isn't that... great? Europe is currently annoyingly hot in the summer, so getting colder sounds like an improvement.
by andersa 3y ago
Isn't that... great? Europe is currently annoyingly hot in the summer, so getting colder sounds like an improvement.
- pfannkuchen 3y agoYeah that’s kind of interesting actually. All other things equal, Europe getting colder than it has been in the last few hundred years would be bad. But, in the context of the entire earth getting warmer, Europe getting colder than it would get otherwise does seem like a good thing.
- lacrimacida 3y agoI don’t think it’s Europe getting colder overall but lower lows and higher highs.
- pfannkuchen 3y agoAs far as I can tell this is not expected to be a direct effect of the Gulf Stream weakening. I think the Gulf Stream just warms. The ocean carrying the Gulf Stream may also cool due to the general moderating effect of water, but the ocean itself isn’t going anywhere.
- Yoric 3y agoI've seen one model in which Europe gets hotter summers and colder winters. Also, in this model, a monsoon. So, overall, not necessarily positive.
- vlovich123 3y agoYou’re assuming a uniform reduction in temperature. What if summers get hotter and winters get colder?
- andersa 3y agoWell that would be terrible.
- M95D 3y agoHotter or colder Europe is a minor problem. At least we have air conditioning. If Africa becomes uninhabitable, everyone there will either die or migrate to Europe. Most EU coutries already hope that they drown crossing the Mediterranean. It's already happening, but the migration now is very low. When the migration will increase, I see WW2 repeating: concetration camps, genocide, shoot-them-at-the-border type of things.