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Post by Rey Kahuka on Dec 17, 2019 15:46:03 GMT
Yes I'm aware, because I'm an adult. I'll say it again. The more exposure you have to the Sun, the greater the effect it has. Find your local theater. Have them shine a spotlight on the stage. Stand just outside of the spotlight while closer to it, and then stand directly in the spotlight while farther to the back of the stage and see if you notice a difference. Wow. You were genuinely aware that the Earth is closest to the sun in January because you are an adult? Incroyable! That's amazing - good on ya 👍
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Post by millar70 on Dec 17, 2019 19:22:48 GMT
My answer is still the best.
And I didn't sound like a geek or a jerk when I answered, unlike most everyone else in the thread.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Dec 17, 2019 19:30:12 GMT
My answer is still the best. And I didn't sound like a geek or a jerk when I answered, unlike most everyone else in the thread. To be fair, I was the only jerk. I think everyone else falls into the 'geek' category.
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Post by millar70 on Dec 17, 2019 19:39:10 GMT
My answer is still the best. And I didn't sound like a geek or a jerk when I answered, unlike most everyone else in the thread. To be fair, I was the only jerk. I think everyone else falls into the 'geek' category. No, you're not the only jerk on this thread, but at least you're humble and classy enough to admit when you're acting like one. 🤙
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 17, 2019 19:54:13 GMT
My answer is still the best. And I didn't sound like a geek or a jerk when I answered, unlike most everyone else in the thread. To be fair, I was the only jerk. I think everyone else falls into the 'geek' category. But your follow up included some potentially educational geekery. So it's ok.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Dec 17, 2019 20:17:28 GMT
Still, enough Solar energy reaches the ground to heat the Earth’s surface with an average power of 164 Watts per square meter, and to allow us to feel the Sun’s heat on our faces. I believe that this is closest to the actual answer asides from the feeling the sun's heat on our faces part. The intensity of the rays isn't the answer (although they are marginally less intense in winter due to the angle).
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Post by caretaker on Dec 17, 2019 23:05:10 GMT
Cuz that's how God made it. The millar70 response is actually one of the best: it is not the province of "science" to answer questions that begin with the word "why" (such as "Why is the grass green?" or "Why is the sky blue?")...and a tongue-in-cheek response to many such queries is "Because God made it that way!" That was well-learned from a favorite advanced chemistry professor (and an atheist) a long time ago. Science is best suited to responding to questions that begin with the word "How": E.g., "How does it come about that the color we perceive the grass to be is the one we designate as 'green'?"
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 16, 2020 22:23:47 GMT
"cold today, hot tamale" -Anonymous
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Post by theravenking on Jan 23, 2020 23:19:00 GMT
I always thought it had to do with the Amount of daylight we get. Right now, it’s dark at 5 pm and doesn’t get light until after 7. Only 10 hours of daylight. In summer it gets light at 4:30 am and dark after 9:30 pm. 17 hours. More sun, warmer air. Now most of our weather comes from the north which sees almost no daylight While this might sound sensible in theory, I don’t think the amount of daylight matters that much when it comes to changes in temperature.
This year we are having a very mild winter here in Central Europe and yet obviously the days are as short as they are each winter. The temperature does not drop automatically just because there is less daylight. On the contrary, often the shortest days around Christmas see a rise in temperature. It is almost a tradition that here in Germany we rarely have snow around Christmas, because for some reason the second half of December often brings a change for the milder weather.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 23, 2020 23:47:20 GMT
I always thought it had to do with the Amount of daylight we get. Right now, it’s dark at 5 pm and doesn’t get light until after 7. Only 10 hours of daylight. In summer it gets light at 4:30 am and dark after 9:30 pm. 17 hours. More sun, warmer air. Now most of our weather comes from the north which sees almost no daylight While this might sound sensible in theory, I don’t think the amount of daylight matters that much when it comes to changes in temperature.
This year we are having a very mild winter here in Central Europe and yet obviously the days are as short as they are each winter. The temperature does not drop automatically just because there is less daylight. On the contrary, often the shortest days around Christmas see a rise in temperature. It is almost a tradition that here in Germany we rarely have snow around Christmas, because for some reason the second half of December often brings a change for the milder weather. Would it be that Europe had milder winters than North America? You weather ussally comes off the north Atlantic while ours comes from north Canada. the Atlantic is warmer than the Canadian tundra
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Post by theravenking on Jan 24, 2020 0:57:39 GMT
While this might sound sensible in theory, I don’t think the amount of daylight matters that much when it comes to changes in temperature.
This year we are having a very mild winter here in Central Europe and yet obviously the days are as short as they are each winter. The temperature does not drop automatically just because there is less daylight. On the contrary, often the shortest days around Christmas see a rise in temperature. It is almost a tradition that here in Germany we rarely have snow around Christmas, because for some reason the second half of December often brings a change for the milder weather. Would it be that Europe had milder winters than North America? You weather ussally comes off the north Atlantic while ours comes from north Canada. the Atlantic is warmer than the Canadian tundra
While this is generally true our winters used to be more normal. Often the weather came from the East, from Russia and Siberia, this was the case in the winter of 2009/2010 which was extremely cold. But recently we often have this really mild air from the Atlantic while the cold air from the Arctic can't reach us. They say it's because of the Polar Vortex, it's the same reason American winters are becoming so extreme.
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