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The duration between the equinoxes is the same six months everywhere on earth. 22-hour days are balanced out by 2-hour days, not a smaller number of days with m
by yorwba 2mo ago
The duration between the equinoxes is the same six months everywhere on earth. 22-hour days are balanced out by 2-hour days, not a smaller number of days with more than 12 hours of daylight. Of course plants that need, say, 10 hours of light for 9 continuous months to mature would be in trouble, but a lot more could grow closer to the poles if it were warmer. A lot more did grow closer to the poles during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Eocene_Climatic_Optimum#Land https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Eocene_Climatic_Optimum#...
- b112 2mo agoThis is a classic example of book knowledge, and reality. The type of light is important. Days of sunlight mean little, if the sun barely gets more than a few degrees above the horizon. And our human bred crops? Well, we'd need to take time to even hope to adapt them. They are very coddled, and need loadd of sun.