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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by jupiter90000 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:44PM (#20397493)
Guess it is somehow not happening in UK though, weird! :-)

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/...

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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by TheRealPomax on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:49PM (#20397532)
To be fair, the UK is not in the US, no matter how many high school students might guess that it is...
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by jupiter90000 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:52PM (#20397556)
So US-only warming instead of global? Confused. Admittedly I may not understand, is US is expected to be impacted differently by global warming than other countries?
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by undersuit on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:59PM (#20397609)
The landmass of North America will experience different effects of climate change than other landmasses. There might be similarities between it and other areas, like South America, but South America has a large cold continent to it's south while North America has a small cold ocean to it's north.
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by jupiter90000 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @07:56PM (#20397987)
Have any good resources to learn more on this? Thanks if so
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by noelsusman on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @07:39PM (#20397890)
Yes.

Are you trying to imply that global warming isn't happening?

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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by jupiter90000 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @07:49PM (#20397943)
No, trying to understand whenever someone sees "it rained alot" and equates it to death of the world and reconcile it with a basis in science. Interested in long term climate change and how the latest is impacting what we see. Not blindly accepting internet rants, trying to think of it scientifically instead of "rain = we dying"

Know any good resources to get more info?

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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by undersuit on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @09:14PM (#20398372)
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Farmers-say-wet-spri...

Some areas in the US already have a short growing season as it is. If excessive rains in say, Montana, push back the planting times of wheat and other grains the plants might not be ready to harvest before Fall and Winter weather kills them.

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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by jessaustin on Thursday July 11, 2019 @05:00PM (#20415791)
In Montana most wheat is planted in the late summer and fall. In most of USA ag areas, spring rains are more challenging for corn and beans than for wheat.
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by mirimir on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @07:32PM (#20397839)
It's certainly gotten warmer in the Arctic.
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