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Russell wrote:Is it just me, or is it hotter this year than usual?
Not looking forward to the summer, really.
Coligny wrote:...I don't think I can go through much more summer heat with my junkyard window aircon, an undrillable bunker and a wife not giving a flying fuck...
Coligny wrote:That's simply brilliant... And with the setup/age/freedum of modification that I have in the clinic can be a game changer...
Russell wrote:Is it just me, or is it hotter this year than usual?
Not looking forward to the summer, really.
legion wrote:Russell wrote:Is it just me, or is it hotter this year than usual?
Not looking forward to the summer, really.
hot at the moment but the summer might be cooler than usual according to my buddy (papa-tomo), information imparted while we cooled our feet in the paddling pool while the kids picked up numerous water borne diseases
Russell wrote:legion wrote:Russell wrote:Is it just me, or is it hotter this year than usual?
Not looking forward to the summer, really.
hot at the moment but the summer might be cooler than usual according to my buddy (papa-tomo), information imparted while we cooled our feet in the paddling pool while the kids picked up numerous water borne diseases
Did your buddy base his prediction on particular scientific facts or does he have a very good crystal ball?
Russell wrote:Did your buddy base his prediction on particular scientific facts or does he have a very good crystal ball?
Yokohammer wrote:Russell wrote:legion wrote:Russell wrote:Is it just me, or is it hotter this year than usual?
Not looking forward to the summer, really.
hot at the moment but the summer might be cooler than usual according to my buddy (papa-tomo), information imparted while we cooled our feet in the paddling pool while the kids picked up numerous water borne diseases
Did your buddy base his prediction on particular scientific facts or does he have a very good crystal ball?
Someone was saying that on the tube the other day, that June will be hot but the summer will probably be cooler than usual. But weather forecasting is basically educated guessing anyway, so who knows.
~ Tapatalking ~
Mike Oxlong wrote:How is it that Korea, between us and the Chinese horde, gets a pass on pollution?
Mike Oxlong wrote:How is it that Korea, between us and the Chinese horde, gets a pass on pollution?
Mike Oxlong wrote:How is it that Korea, between us and the Chinese horde, gets a pass on pollution?
Mike Oxlong wrote:How is it that Korea, between us and the Chinese horde, gets a pass on pollution?
Yokohammer wrote:Hmm ... Natori, not far from where I'm at, gets a 75, but Iwanuma, even closer to me, gets no rating at all!
Yay! No Pollution!
No?
wuchan wrote:Yokohammer wrote:Hmm ... Natori, not far from where I'm at, gets a 75, but Iwanuma, even closer to me, gets no rating at all!
Yay! No Pollution!
No?
this system doesn't count nuclear reactor waste because , you know, people may not get pensions.
Coligny wrote:Mike Oxlong wrote:How is it that Korea, between us and the Chinese horde, gets a pass on pollution?
Wind patterns and industry locations in China ?
When China’s skies darken with pollution, it is not the only nation to suffer.
Soot, ozone-forming compounds and other pollutants from China can blow east to Korea and Japan. Ultimately, some even reach the west coast of the United States, scientists say.
Other nations generate pollution too, of course, so the wafting of bad air from China adds to local problems. China’s emissions worry countries in the path of the plumes, but in a region where political tensions often run high, international solutions are largely elusive.
“The countries most directly affected by air pollution from China are its nearest neighbors,” Paul Harris, the chair professor of global and environmental studies at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, said in an email. “As with every other aspect of relations with China, there is a limit to what they can do about it.”
China’s coal plants and vehicles emit a suite of emissions, including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide, mercury and small particles (soot). Some pollutants, including carbon dioxide, contribute to the worldwide problem of climate change. Others stir more immediate health concerns for China’s neighbors, as well as for China itself. Mercury can fall to earth with rain, harming the ocean and fish. Ozone and fine particles, sometimes found far from their sources, pose problems because breathing too much of them can lead to lung damage.
Recent research in Japan suggests that China’s contribution to average annual fine-particle pollution ranges from 40 percent in the Tokyo area to 60 percent in Kyushu, which is closer to China, according to Hiroshi Tanimoto, who heads the global atmospheric chemistry section at Japan’s National Institute for Environmental Studies. On average, about 10 percent to 20 percent of Japan’s springtime ozone comes from Chinese emissions, he said.
“Transport of air pollutants from China enhances the background level entering into Japan,” Dr. Tanimoto said in an email. The impact to effect on Korea is even greater, he added...
Coligny wrote:Let's nuke China...
wait...
no... maybe not...
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