Timeline for What Would the Climate Be Like on this Extreme Alternate Earth?
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| Feb 13, 2021 at 4:07 | history | bounty ended | CommunityBot | ||
| Feb 8, 2021 at 20:56 | comment | added | cometaryorbit | But the high latitudes are important here because polar glaciation affects the planet's overall climate (ice reflects sunlight so more ice = colder temperatures = more ice, a positive feedback). The high tilt acting against glaciation here might help compensate for less solar energy and help keep the planet out of a "Snowball Earth" state. Though I'd still put some more greenhouse gases in... | |
| Feb 8, 2021 at 20:54 | comment | added | cometaryorbit | In general seasonal variance would definitely be higher, yes. A lot higher. If the tilt goes really high the poles can actually be warmer than the equator, but this isn't high enough for that (this abstract says 54 degrees or more: oceans.mit.edu/JohnMarshall/eapsdb/… ) | |
| Feb 8, 2021 at 10:56 | comment | added | Whitehot | If the 42° tilt means strong summers at high lattitudes, doesn't that mean you'd also get very cold winters closer to the equator? So in general seasonal variance would be higher than on our Earth? | |
| Feb 6, 2021 at 7:39 | history | answered | cometaryorbit | CC BY-SA 4.0 |