Workweek Causes Climate Changes

Shipud writes "An article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports that daily temperature ranges are smaller on weekdays than on weekends. This phenomenon is strongest in the US, but also appears in China and Japan. The researchers attribute this to human activity, although the exact mechanism is unclear. The prime suspect is aerosol / cloud interactions. Here is the more legible version from Scientific American"

Comments

hmm

[B3ryllium]

Maybe people get nervous and pass a lot of gas at work, causing a small rise in greenhouse gasses which in turn trap the head in the local region - lowering the temperature range for those days?

On second thought, they probably pass more gas sitting on the couch on the weekends. There goes that theory. Buhbye.

No problem in India.

[fmaxwell]

If deodorant of any type is the cause, then India will be unaffected by this phenomenon.

How prejudice affects science

[stratjakt]

This is, by and large, a left-leaning forum.

So, when you read this, everyone jumps to conclusions about smog and cars and whatnot.

Perhaps, the weather varies less because of all the buildings which act as a windblock, trapping the air rather than replacing it with cooler air?

Try not to jump to conclusions.