• slingstone@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Is there any resource for forecasting what will likely occur in a given area? I don’t see how we can stop climate change now, so I want to prepare my family for it.

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      11 months ago

      Not that I’m aware of. From what I understand, that scenario would affect the entire planet.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah, but the changes to weather patterns will vary from location to location, right?

        This is what I mean:

        Warming is already occurring in all areas of the globe, but models of future temperatures show that the changes will not be distributed equally. Polar regions and land areas are expected to see the largest temperature changes.

        IPCC Working Group I, 2021

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          11 months ago

          Right, but if that current shuts down, that means the transfer of warm and cold currents that power weather patterns across the entire northern hemisphere will be disrupted.

          The last time that happened, the entire northern hemisphere basically froze over. If you live north of the equator, whether it’s North America, Europe, or Asia, the result would be similar: no more warm seasons and freezing to the point of glaciation, from what I understand. I’m not a climatologist, though.