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Workweek Causes Climate Changes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everyone-take-the-week-off dept.

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"

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  1. Australians found this out first by stephdau · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I remember reading about similar findings by Australian academics in the mid-90's.

  2. Airlines by gr8_phk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The week following 9/11 when the US was a no-fly zone also saw wider daily swings in temperature. I don't recall the source, but the experiment is rather difficult to reproduce. Does air traffic decrease on the weekend? I don't know.

  3. Sorry about that.... by Door-opening+Fascist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I guess I'll have to stop eating those burritos in the morning.

  4. rain every weekend.. by Thrakkerzog · · Score: 0, Redundant

    so that's why it rains every weekend, and is beautiful during the work week!