kinther@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoChina quietly turns off supply of world's most used industrial chemicalwww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down15cross-posted to: suppressed_news@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkChina quietly turns off supply of world's most used industrial chemicalwww.abc.net.aukinther@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square49linkfedilinkcross-posted to: suppressed_news@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·9 days ago Why doesn’t everyone pack it up and move back to the savannahs of Africa? Give climate change a few more decades and they might have to
minus-squareHegar@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up23·9 days agoPeople will not be moving to equitorial regions.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·9 days agoThey will if they’re at high elevation
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·9 days agoWhich the savannahs are not though.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·9 days agoKenya has an average elevation of 762 meters. The continent of Africa is an enormous plateau.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·9 days agoThat’s hilariously low
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·9 days agoLow? That’s within a few dozen meters of the US average. Of course, Nairobi - Kenya’s largest city - is 1,795 m. About 200 m higher than Denver. But that’s averages for you.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoIn that case, comparing it to the US, we would expect their relative temperature to be the same as if they weren’t on a plateau. You’re accounting for Africa’s temp difference due to height but not doing the same for other places.
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 days agoThat would lower the temperature by about 5 degrees Celsius compared to sea level, which doesn’t help enough with African temperatures.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·9 days ago That would lower the temperature by about 5 degrees Celsius Sounds great if you’re worried about a global 4⁰ temperature increase
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 days agoIt appears you very much misunderstand the impact of global climate change
Give climate change a few more decades and they might have to
People will not be moving to equitorial regions.
They will if they’re at high elevation
Which the savannahs are not though.
Kenya has an average elevation of 762 meters. The continent of Africa is an enormous plateau.
That’s hilariously low
Low? That’s within a few dozen meters of the US average.
Of course, Nairobi - Kenya’s largest city - is 1,795 m. About 200 m higher than Denver. But that’s averages for you.
In that case, comparing it to the US, we would expect their relative temperature to be the same as if they weren’t on a plateau. You’re accounting for Africa’s temp difference due to height but not doing the same for other places.
That would lower the temperature by about 5 degrees Celsius compared to sea level, which doesn’t help enough with African temperatures.
Sounds great if you’re worried about a global 4⁰ temperature increase
It appears you very much misunderstand the impact of global climate change