Thanks for posting this. It's easy to differentiate between people who do and don't believe in global warming: just mention that people don't seem to fear global warming; they welcome it. Those that laugh without a wry note are - at best - believers in climate change. They'll also usually adopt that phrasing for themselves.

The reason people feel colder during the occasional cold snap/lower than normal temperature day is that their bodies have adapted to the general warmer temperatures that they experience most of the year. I can't remember if I read that here or while traveling, but that's not rocket science.

After 4 years in Des Moines, I can tolerate colder temperatures even lower than my Baltimore days. The special lining for my leather jacket isn't even a consideration any more. I think that this has as much to do with living in Iowa during the winter as it does spending my summers in Maine, where 90F is a rarity while 60-68F is the norm. When I went to grad school in Florida, it didn't take me long to wear jeans in 80F weather.

I have to be true to my principles here - WYSIWYG.

People talk about cold temperatures when they mean cold conditions. I was taught that temperature is a measurement of the prevailing heat energy in a system. 35 degrees F is a low temperature indicating cold conditions (to me, at least), but the temperature is a referent - it has no heat of its own. It's a bit like talking about long or short inches (I know - short yards are a feature of NFL games but ....).

great video! I recommend forwarding it to all of the high school science teachers that you know. The distinctions made here are absolutely critical. That one graph showing record warm & record cold frequencies is worht a million rediculous arguments with global warming deniers. And while fox news won't get it, high school students will.

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