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It's So Cold Outside That Sharks Are Actually Freezing to Death (vice.com)
An anonymous reader writes: As climate change ushers in another year of extreme global temperatures -- a phenomenon President Trump seems a little confused about -- cities up and down the East Coast are facing record-breaking snowfall and subzero temperatures. But while city dwellers might be able to hide indoors and crank up the heat, some animals aren't so lucky. According to the Cape Cod-based Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, it's gotten so cold that sharks in the area have been washing up on the shore and essentially freezing to death. This week, the organization responded to three thresher sharks that likely suffered "cold shock" in the surrounding waters. Organisms suffer cold shock when they're exposed to extreme dips in temperature and can sometimes experience muscle spasms or cardiac arrest. Scientists believe the sharks swimming off the coast of Cape Cod -- where temperatures have dropped to 6 degrees -- suffered cold shock in the water, and then wound up getting stranded on the shore, where they likely suffocated. "If you've got cold air, that'll freeze their gills up very quickly," Greg Skomal, a marine scientist, told the New York Times. "Those gill filaments are very sensitive and it wouldn't take long for the shark to die."
Wouldn't the extreme cold lower the average temperature? Or does math work differently for climate people?
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
Yes, yes, climate does not equal weather, blah blah.
Still, "climate change" was originally popularly sold as "you are all going to fry like eggs if you don't join our political positions!" and you know it was.
To still be smug when we are scratching our heads and pointing at the frozen sharks is just a bit too much.
Just admit that at the very least, you did a terrible job of explaining what the problem is, and how it will manifest itself, and how soon. Our questions/observations (made through our chattering teeth) are therefore very understandable. You're sorry. You'd like a fresh chance to explain.
Worth a try?
Strawman.
Nope.
Scientists and engineers constantly correct for values as history and technology marches on.
No they don't. And when they do on occasion, there's a detailed explanation of why and the original data isn't hidden or destroyed.
Science is self-correcting
No it isn't. It takes constant hard work to undo the bullshit, propaganda, and state-sponsored conspiracies.
Too many people misunderstand science to support their own agendas.
No, too many misunderstand it yet think they're educated and understand it. These are called "useful idiots" or "liberals".