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 Climate 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)
- This is a primary issue mentioned, Louis... but as I am definitely no climate expert it's hard for me to comment on this. I will accept any decision made here and support it. So far the facts as mentioned on the page here seem plausible and reasonable... --Xi'Reney 10:36, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
- Even if desert areas saw exponentially increased moisture, it would take a long time for the ecosystem to adapt. The plantlife of the areas have adapted to the low moisture environment and would likely die out from the increased moisture, as would a lot of the wildlife. For the areas to become "lush" within the timeline so far would take a lot of effort on the part of the human inhabitants, and survival would likely be more of a priority.--Oerwinde 05:38, September 13, 2009 (UTC)
- You're on the mark with that, Oerwinde. Given that at that time Egypt was already using water from the Nile to water desert areas, they had the know-how to make the desert more usable for their needs, and so it's not going to be lush green lands, but I'm sure we'd see a reversal in the Sahel area, and I've made the change to reflect this discussion on the main page. Sorry for my miswording. Louisiannan 16:08, September 14, 2009 (UTC)
Why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself?[]
It looks like I'm in a revert war with myself. I accientally clicked something instead of scrolling (apparently). So Smoggy and Mitro, you might want to make sure your changes are still here. Benkarnell 14:30, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
- Looks fine to me. Mitro 14:43, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Drier Climates[]
If some areas are seeing an increase in moisture, that has to come from somewhere. What areas are going to see drier climate. It seems that most of the areas with increased moisture are in the northern Hemisphere, I would think that would mean lower moisture levels in the southern hemisphere. Any thoughts?--Oerwinde 08:02, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
Fix the names of the images[]
Well, I personally find this very interesting article, as well as many things in 1983: Doomsday. When I read 1983: Doomsday, I feel really in a alternate world. And, just below the article, we can see four comparative images showing how it would be the Sahara Desert and Greenland in 1982 and 2010. It's very interesting to see the extreme climates of these places get wetter. But when you open these images (after doomsday) you see that "Sahara = Namibia" and "Greenland = Mongolia". See the descriptions ends up completely with the fantasy. Please fix it. - Eduardo Sellan Brazilian 21:19, November 27, 2011 (UTC)