2.4 degrees celcius is more than the Paris accord of keeping global temperatures rising to less than 2 degrees celcius (related to global warming and carbon emissions). What I understand from climate scientists 2 degrees would already be pretty bad, so naively 2.4 degrees without more context sounds really bad but I always find it hard with these numbers as well to get a grasp of what this would actually mean for my life.
Off-course I wouldn't mind it just being 2 degrees hotter outside for my own experience of the weather, but I have to assume this also impacts things like rainfall, plant growth and the local ecosystem, do you have a sense of how big these effects would actually be? You were talking about 2.4 degrees on its property, maybe locally enough that there are no climate impacts and 0.4 degrees to the whole city, is that the number we should care about?
Alternatively, let's measure everything we do in units of one atomic bomb.
Like saying brewing my coffee this morning was around 6.25 nano atomic bombs sounds pretty badass.
Nitpick: re-entry heating for spacecraft is mostly compression not friction
Yes, also known as "ram rise"
2.4 degrees celcius is more than the Paris accord of keeping global temperatures rising to less than 2 degrees celcius (related to global warming and carbon emissions). What I understand from climate scientists 2 degrees would already be pretty bad, so naively 2.4 degrees without more context sounds really bad but I always find it hard with these numbers as well to get a grasp of what this would actually mean for my life.
Off-course I wouldn't mind it just being 2 degrees hotter outside for my own experience of the weather, but I have to assume this also impacts things like rainfall, plant growth and the local ecosystem, do you have a sense of how big these effects would actually be? You were talking about 2.4 degrees on its property, maybe locally enough that there are no climate impacts and 0.4 degrees to the whole city, is that the number we should care about?