Comment on If hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain?

• credo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Obviously as you go north you go up.

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• DeadPand@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is it not colder at the polar regions??

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  • hypnicjerk@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    generally, duh. what’s that got to do with OP’s question? it’s just word count filler fluff.

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  • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pretty sure the poles are colder because the farther you are from the equator, the less perpendicular the light. Light spread over a larger area means less heat per sqft. This is also why the seasons change with the tilt of the earth relative to the sun, and not the distance to the sun…

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    • DeadPand@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s… what I thought as well but everyone’s shitting on every comment and downvoting any kind of discourse in ‘no stupid questions’ , best not to even trying having a discussion here I guess, learning bad, being asshole good 🤷‍♂️

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      • puppy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I mean the following are 2 different and unrelated questions. And the OP asked the answer for the 1st.

        1. Why is it colder as you up in altitude?
        2. Why is it colder in polar regions?

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  • Cipher22@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not always, Fairbanks Alaska can see the 90’s.

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