The Mishra piece reminds me of something I've been thinking about for a while - how changing weather patterns downstream of climate change have disrupted what I think of as "normal" seasons. I live in southern Wisconsin, not as far north as Goteborg but north enough for the change in sun angle, day length, etc. between winter and summer is apparent. What changed is the expectation that short days, often gray and cloudy in the Great Lakes region, will have snow cover to amplify the small light available. Now we get these intrusions of warm air that delay the first meaningful snowfall, melf off the snow after it's fallen, and can even arrive in February to blowtorch off the snowpack accumulated to that point.
For a long time I told myself it was because I'm a long-time ice climber and snowshoer, that the new weather uncertainty was just messing with my favorite sports. I realized finally that it was more than that - that thanks to the changes winter too often looks like more autumn, only with shorter days. Gray days with gray/brown/tan dead plant life, water that comes as rain instead of snow.... Anyone who lives in the north latitude knows this feeling. Compared to that soul-draining gray-out the annoyances of dealing with snow are minor.
The Mishra piece reminds me of something I've been thinking about for a while - how changing weather patterns downstream of climate change have disrupted what I think of as "normal" seasons. I live in southern Wisconsin, not as far north as Goteborg but north enough for the change in sun angle, day length, etc. between winter and summer is apparent. What changed is the expectation that short days, often gray and cloudy in the Great Lakes region, will have snow cover to amplify the small light available. Now we get these intrusions of warm air that delay the first meaningful snowfall, melf off the snow after it's fallen, and can even arrive in February to blowtorch off the snowpack accumulated to that point.
For a long time I told myself it was because I'm a long-time ice climber and snowshoer, that the new weather uncertainty was just messing with my favorite sports. I realized finally that it was more than that - that thanks to the changes winter too often looks like more autumn, only with shorter days. Gray days with gray/brown/tan dead plant life, water that comes as rain instead of snow.... Anyone who lives in the north latitude knows this feeling. Compared to that soul-draining gray-out the annoyances of dealing with snow are minor.
The link to the classic rock piece is taking me to the winter piece instead
Fixed!