• Lodespawn@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Interesting that despite it still being summer and roasty toasty in the southern hemisphere in January, the world average temp is still lower than the northern hemisphere summer.

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      1 year ago

      The southern hemisphere has a lot more water surface area, which has a larger heat capacity, is somewhat reflective, and a lower density / conductivity.

      This is why Australians and Brazilians are known to be amphibious during summer.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah that was my thought, turns out the land water ratio in the northern hemisphere is 2:3 while it’s 1:4 in the southern hemisphere