Environment

3958 readers

3 users here now

Environmental and ecological discussion, particularly of things like weather and other natural phenomena (especially if they're not breaking news).

See also our Nature and Gardening community for discussion centered around things like hiking, animals in their natural habitat, and gardening (urban or rural).

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Powderhorn to c/environment

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

For our stateside friends, a 20C delta is 36F. This is an order of magnitude beyond the less-aggressive Paris goals for the world as a whole.

top 4 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 16 points 2 weeks ago

What, you mean the north pole that's currently shrouded in the midst of its endless winter, with eternal darkness o'er the land until the beginning of March?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They say the arctic sea-ice volume is also at a record low.
More info / discussion in arctic sea ice forum
Image below shows 2m temp 2nd Feb 18z

This can happen, during the same period as extra-cold temperatures in USA, since the polar vortex has almost split, like a dog-bone shape.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's a republican somewhere doing this right now.

[–] Midnitte 2 points 2 weeks ago

Tbf, there's also a republican somewhere doing this