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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by mark-r on Friday June 28, 2019 @03:26PM (#20307976)
The greenhouse effect requires sunlight to work. In the winters, the poles do not get any sunlight. The cold air from the poles will travel to make other places colder.
Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by gns24 on Saturday June 29, 2019 @04:40AM (#20311494)
The greenhouse effect does not require sunlight to work. What matters is how much of the energy radiated from the surface of the earth reaches space and how much is reflected back down. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect
Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by jacquesm on Saturday June 29, 2019 @06:21AM (#20311768)
This is true, but what with sunlight being by far the largest factor in energy being radiated back from the surface of the earth you can safely conclude that in practice the greenhouse effect is to a large extent resulting in solar incident radiation being trapped. In other words: without sunlight nobody would be worrying about the greenhouse effect. In fact, without sunshine we'd love the greenhouse effect, reducing the albedo of the planet as a whole would be the only way to survive as a species (likely we'd fail).