Talk:Climate (1983: Doomsday)

Weather Patterns
While there was no nuclear winter, it's often been suggested that the effects of the nuclear blasts could change the weather patterns so that there is no longer a doldrums at the equator and that there would be a wider range from the horse latitudes in the north to those in the south, and that the monsoon weather would affect further north for this reason. What do we think? This is part of my idea for Utah -- with the restoration of Lake Bonneville (essentially). --Louisiannan 16:57, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * That's a huge issue! While all of us are running around our own little countries, that's something that needs to be sorted out on a "world wide" level.  It occurred to me that many of the Pacific islands I've been writing about might actually be underwater due to the higher temperatures.  Benkarnell 17:14, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * At the same time, if the model I've proposed were to truly come to pass, you'd find a huge increase in glaciation in the northernmost and southernmost hemisphere (Scandinavia, Russia, Canada and the high mountains -- Rockies and Andes). This would suck up water into snow and glaciers.  I suggest that there is this change, and because of that, pluvial/endorheic lakes of the Great Basin and frankly, west of the United States, period will likely return.  Other lakes of similar nature around the world may likely see an increase of moisture and grow, like Lake Eyre in Australia, among others. Louisiannan 17:33, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Perhaps what is needed is a page on where you can sum up what would likely happen.  It's an extremely important topic, since it potentially affects every part of the world - again, I'll delete everything I've written on atoll islands if they're likely to be underwater.  The old text on the timeline mentions a rise of 10 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit - that's a devastating change beyond any predictions  I've heard for OTL's global warming.  Some text mentions falling temperatured by 2003.  If these numbers are utterly unrealistic, I say change them.  Benkarnell 20:39, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I would argue that an initial rise is likely, but with increasing rain and glaciation in the high mountains around the world, it may cool down some, too. I'll have to look up the file I found about it -- it was published in 1984 -- so I figured it was fitting to this TL.  I vote to hold off the deletion until we've decided what happens in climate. Louisiannan 21:19, 18 May 2009 (UTC)