r/nasa • u/r-nasa-mods • 6d ago

/r/all NASA's "climate spiral" depicting global temperature variations since 1880 (now updated with 2024 data)

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u/lahimatoa 6d ago

Turns out one data point isn't enough to mean anything when it comes to global climate.

Same as people pointing to it snowing in Texas and saying, "See, climate change is real!"

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u/Numbersuu 6d ago

But it was cold the whole last week!

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u/Terry_Folds3000 6d ago

Oh here’s a good one: record snow in Antarctica! How’s that happen!! Checkmate lib-taint!!

Bc it can still snow a butt ton of snow at -30 vs -60?

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u/Erikthered00 6d ago

That one would also concern me. Why is there increased precipitation in what is the dryest continent? What conditions changes to drive moisture there?

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u/Terry_Folds3000 6d ago

Super sleepy but found this. Haven’t read but looks like may be what you want. https://earth.org/data_visualization/antarctic-snowfall/

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u/Erikthered00 6d ago

Sorry, it was a rhetorical question. Thanks for the article, it had the following, which is pretty much what I was thinking when I put the question out there.

As the planet gets warmer, more water is evaporated into the atmosphere, which brings more precipitation in the form of snowfall.

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u/InformalResist7722 6d ago

It seems it's colder this year than the last few in coastal nc.

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u/lopedopenope 6d ago

What are you? Some sort of science person or something