Eli5 the sun is always there blasting out heat, why do we have different seasons and why do we have massive heat waves now?
In: Earth Science
Not directly connected.
Seasons are caused by the wobble of the planet, in winter the nearest pole is pointing more away from the sun. The light hitting that hemisphere is at more of an angle and transfers less energy, and we get less of it (shorter days)
The heat waves are because we’re retaining more heat due to greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.
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