https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58130705
One the the pictures from the IPCC report shows substantial increased warming in the northern latitudes. I was wondering why they are predicted to be so much higher than everywhere else on Earth.
In: Earth Science
The chart in question shows “relative warming”.
It’s not saying it will be hotter in the north that at the equator. It’s saying the temperature will go up more in the north (where it is currently not hot) that it will at the equator (where it is already quite hot).
1900 climate (the baseline for that graphic) showed high difference in temperature by latitude and strong ocean currents moving heat around. Future climate will show less effective heat movement, leading to hotter everywhere but also more hotter (probably not good English) in northern areas where heat transfer made more of an effect in 1900.
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