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May 17

Eternal warm weather

Why can the weather in Ireland, Britain, Canada, America and/or other countries not be always warm (or at least a little)? And why is science not doing anything about it? 81.152.221.235 (talk) 18:26, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Science is too busy trying to find ways to cool the weather down.  --Lambiam 18:34, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Maybe you are unfamiliar with the concept of Seasons. --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:14, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Looking at Bugs' link, it's apparent that the problem is that the Earth's axis is not exactly perpendicular to the ecliptic. Were the Earth to be given a very slow secondary rotation which was aligned in that way, such that it rotated once per year, the Northern hemisphere could have perpetual summer. If you get the opportunity, you should mention this to science.  Card Zero  (talk) 20:53, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Be thankful you live in the British Isles; because of the Gulf Stream, the weather there is considerably more temperate than regions at the same latitude almost anywhere else in the world. London lies near the 51st parallel north, closer to the arctic than Chicago (41N), Minneapolis (44N), Quebec City (46N), Kyiv (50N), Pyongyang (39N), Vladivostok (43N). Dublin lies even closer to the north pole, at 53N, and Edinburgh lies at 55N, and all three of the British Isles locales I cited have warmer winters than ANY of the cities much closer to the tropics, often by 8-10 degrees C or more. In terms of being situated on earth for having mild winters, you're almost literally in the best spot; almost anywhere else on earth that has as mild of a winter as the UK and Ireland has unbearably hot summers. London, for example, has winters where the daytime high is 8 degrees C; and summers where the daytime high is about 24 degrees C. In the U.S., Washington, D.C. (considerably farther south at 38N) has a winter daytime high around 7 degrees C, but the summer has a daytime high around 32 degrees C. --Jayron32 12:02, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

"This other Eden, demi-paradise" [1] Alansplodge (talk) 13:56, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

How do I contact science about this? 86.143.101.107 (talk) 18:29, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Hold a séance and ask Carl Sagan. --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:57, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

What exactly to you mean by "contact science"? ColinFine (talk) 23:01, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

We keep being told "the science is in". Just go and knock on their door. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:06, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

• Here is the contact form for science. --Jayron32 11:44, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

  Though proposals about this may be better received here.  Card Zero  (talk) 13:40, 19 May 2022 (UTC)