South Korea battles second day of heavy snow; four dead

16cm is nothing.

The unusually heavy November snow has been attributed to the warmer-than-usual temperatures of seawaters west of the Korean peninsula encountering currents of cold air.

Important to remember that climate change do not represent a uniform warmer weather all around the globe but instead changes in the weather patterns that can seem paradoxical.

Late snow on Fuji? Global warming.

Early snow in Seoul? That's global warming too!

It's the handy excuse for everything.

I am waiting for the climate "experts and respected institutions" to declare that the record cold is he result of global warming and that we need more EVs to change that.

It's well documented, but global warming means more extremes on both ends. Hotter summers, colder winters. I'm sure that confuses lots of people.

Here's a report from those hacks over at NASA.

https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/extreme-weather/

Average GLOBAL temperature rises, that is in short what is Global Warming. That warming is not equialy distributed, and what is does is disrupt the equilibrium of the global climate system (is not a software nor a machine for those who have hard time with words).

This disequilibrium, makes that in some areas "bubbles" of high temperatures and making the cold currents of the poles to go way out of their current state.

This is again in short what is happening right now in Japan (high temperatures) and in South Korea (low temperatures).

That is in fact a proof that of climate change (global warming).... but of course if you look only locally or spot you will get just that small picture out of context.

The Global weather system is that "GLOBAL" extreem climate in one place will affect the entire system but not in the same way because there are many different local climate systems, geological conditions, seasons, etc.

...but for some, even suffering the consecuences of climate change and yet are not able to understand... just like those hypotetical frogs in boiling water.

The decline of carbon dioxide emissions trading is bad news for those hoping to profit from global warming. In the end, it's all about money, not the environment.

Ah the old climate change deniers come out in force.

So predictable.

WoodyLeeToday  01:47 pm JST

16cm is nothing.

People really need to actually read the article before typing anything.

"More than 40 cm (16 inches) of snow piled up in parts of Seoul"

The winter snowfall was the third-heaviest in Seoul, the capital, since records began in 1907

Which means it's not unprecedented. Yes, the climate is changing. It's ALWAYS changing. In fact, the actual "deniers" are those who deny the fact that Earth's climate has always been in a state of flux, and that's long before any industrial revolution. In the 70's, the "experts" were clamoring about doom from the impending Ice Age.

16cm is nothing.

That’s 16 inches.

Quite a snowfall, particularly in November!

The winter snowfall was the third-heaviest in Seoul, the capital, since records began in 1907

WoodyLee

16cm is nothing.

Is that what she said?

Climate change = different weather conditions today from yesterday.

Considering how aggressive and selfish Korean drivers are, expect more fatal traffic accidents to happen.

BBNov. 28  04:02 pm JST

It's well documented, but global warming means more extremes on both ends. Hotter summers, colder winters. I'm sure that confuses lots of people.

It’s not well documented as it is wrong. Temperature differences drives the extreme events. Tenperatures going up everywhere reduces the difference between the cold and the warm, thus reducing the extreme.

Garthgoyle

Considering how aggressive and selfish Korean drivers are, expect more fatal traffic accidents to happen.

What value is there to use the JT comments to sling dirt at Koreans?

It's the handy excuse for everything.

Excuse is pretending the experts must be wrong without being able to actually argue how this would be the case. Being confused by the science is understandable for people that have no interest, but that is not a justification to pretend the science must be wrong just because you can't understand something.

I am waiting for the climate "experts and respected institutions" to declare that the record cold is he result of global warming and that we need more EVs to change that.

This is already explained in the article, if you had read it you would have corrected this confusion even before writing your comment.

Climate change = different weather conditions today from yesterday.

By this point the obvious excuse of not knowing the difference between climate and weather loses all value.

It’s not well documented as it is wrong. Temperature differences drives the extreme events. Tenperatures going up everywhere reduces the difference between the cold and the warm, thus reducing the extreme.

No, it is not wrong because your oversimplification ignores the very complicated patters that modify the temperatures, you are assuming the same degree of extreme events are being "diluted" by the higher temperatures so a lower variation is observed, in reality the changes means much higher temperatures in some places AND much lower temperatures in others, if you have an extra 10 degrees of differences of temperature with a global increase of 0.5 degrees in average you still have a much higher difference.

@BrianTrout

It's not throwing dirt. I'm simply stating the facts and reality of how Koreans behave on the road.