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Semi related to this exercise, I really forgot how far north most of Northern Europe is. Not even talking Scandinavia... mentally in my head I didn't have Fran
by dmoy 2y ago
Semi related to this exercise, I really forgot how far north most of Northern Europe is. Not even talking Scandinavia... mentally in my head I didn't have France and Germany on the same-ish latitude as WA.
All of England is north of the north-most point in the lower 48? Huh.
- wrenky 2y agoIts the moderating effect of the Mediterranean! Its wild to see the temperature differences of Wisconsin, Montana, Dakota(s) compared to France & Spain. All that water helps insulate Europe even those its at a northern latitude.
- VinLucero 2y agoCurrently in Spain and originally from Seattle. Was thinking this very thing earlier today.
- rileyphone 2y agoThere's also the oceanic currents carrying warm water from the gulf. Europe is in a very lucky position.
- PheonixPharts 2y agoIt's actually primarily from the AMOC which is bringing warm water up to the Northern Atlantic from the gulf [0]. Fun fact: a possible consequence of climate change is the near term collapse of the AMOC which would cause drastic cooling in Europe (it also has more severe long-term consequences like leading to an anoxic ocean that emits hydrogen-sulfide instead of oxygen, such events have happened multiple times in Earth's past and played a part in major extinction events [1]). 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_meridional_overturning_circulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_meridional_overturnin... 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoxic_event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoxic_event
- kjsthree 2y agoNorth of the contiguous US but certainly not north of the continental US. /pedantry
- dmoy 2y agoYea sorry, wrong word
- Foomf 2y agoOver half of Canada's population lives farther south than Seattle, which is also crazy to think about.
- bumbledraven 2y agoI had to check that for myself, and wow, you weren't kidding. 2015 population of Canada south of Seattle (~47.6°N): ~22 million (https://imgur.com/a/azeTbwz https://imgur.com/a/azeTbwz) 2015 Canada population: ~35 million Sources: - NASA SEDAC Population Estimator (https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/mapping/popest/gpw-v4/ https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/mapping/popest/gpw-v4/) - Statistics Canada (https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/150929/dq150929b-eng.htm https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/150929/dq150...)
- nemo44x 2y agoIt's great teeing off after dinner in Scotland.
- hedgehog 2y agoLooking at a map Seattle is roughly the same latitude as Zurich and Budapest.
- lxgr 2y agoYeah, my mental map of Europe is definitely severely warped. For the longest time, I used to consider myself safe from the detrimental effects of Vitamin D deficiency, which I'd read can be felt as far south as London in Winter. "Good thing I live in Berlin, which is surely south of London" :)