How much difference can one degree of warming make?
How much difference can one degree of warming make?
A vicious cycle of warming temperatures and reduced snowpack in northern forests is more severe than climate models have shown and could lead to increased fire risk and permanent damage to ecosystems.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8024900
This means that the boreal forest, which stretches across the northern half of three continents and is home to many critical ecosystems, is changing even faster than scientists realized.
Basically my experience this winter. Normally we have several feet of snow on the ground for a full season. This year, it was a few inches, and lasted less than a month.
23-24 was an el nino year. That's going to cause wacky weather irrespective to long term patterns.
It was, but I've been on this planet getting on towards half a century, and I've never seen an el nino year anything like this before.
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Interesting. As someone living in the boreal zone, I remember the consensus being that we'll have more precipitation, especially as snow in the winter. And though on average milder winters, the the extreme weather phenomena also means more extremely cold winter days. Of course this is bound to vary by region. Goes to show how uncertain the consequences are.