Timeline for Why is Europe warmer than North America at similar latitudes?
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| Apr 29, 2020 at 9:53 | comment | added | Herman Toothrot | @EarlGrey could have made a better example, such as Milan and Chicago, the idea was same latitude and different climate. | |
| Apr 29, 2020 at 9:08 | comment | added | EarlGrey | @HermanToothrot I understand your comment, but Milan is not colder than Seattle, check en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan#Climate vs en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle#Climate, Seattle may have higher average high, but the daily mean and mean minimum are both lower than Milan | |
| Jan 25, 2017 at 15:53 | comment | added | Herman Toothrot | Where in Europe and where in N.A., you are comparing vast areas that have large variability within them even at similar latitudes. For example Palermo and San Francisco are at a similar latitude but have similar climate. Milan is more south than Seattle but is just as cold if not colder than Seattle. | |
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| May 19, 2014 at 18:49 | answer | added | Bunk | timeline score: 17 | |
| May 19, 2014 at 8:44 | comment | added | Semidiurnal Simon | Interesting question, but I think it would be greatly improved by briefly summarising the arguments in the links rather than just linking them. | |
| S May 19, 2014 at 7:20 | history | bounty started | plannapus | ||
| S May 19, 2014 at 7:20 | history | notice added | plannapus | Draw attention | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 22:31 | comment | added | gerrit♦ | It is a very good question, though. I think it could be improved with a better formulation, but it certainly belongs very much on this site. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 22:16 | comment | added | gerrit♦ | @InquilineKea There is indeed such a widespread belief, reiterated by the two basically unsourced answers. That's why yours is a good question and I hope for an expert answer explaining (1) the background of the widespread belief (2) whether the widespread belief has scientific merit (3) the present scientific consensus (4) any significant scientific minority opinions. I don't feel confident enough to give that answer myself, as I wouldn't get further than summarising the Seager papers, but maybe I'll give it a try later. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 22:08 | comment | added | InquilineKea | It doesn't seem to be, though there certainly still is a widespread belief in the Gulf Stream being responsible. There also are some differences between the Seager and Tapio Schneider interpretations. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 22:07 | comment | added | gerrit♦ | Specifically, could you point to a scientific source describing the gulf stream (or rather the North Atlantic Current) as responsible for the Europe - N-America temperature difference? As far as I can tell, the Saeger article is not highly controversial. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 21:55 | answer | added | Tom Au | timeline score: 14 | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 21:51 | comment | added | InquilineKea | Okay sure, I've added in some links and information. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 21:51 | history | edited | InquilineKea | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 15, 2014 at 21:49 | comment | added | winwaed | Seems like a rhetorical question. Would you like to elaborate on those other arguments? | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 21:46 | history | asked | InquilineKea | CC BY-SA 3.0 |