Flame — HabitableZone

Flame » in reply to "Even now, for some reason, modern temperature changes and warming seem to be mostly confined to the northern hemisphere."

Hemispheres

That seems logical to me, too, but the split seems to be a lot more extreme than even the land masses would indicate.

One such diagram:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/images/content/158226main_mean_surface_temp_lg.jpg


Here's a more recent one:

http://www.ipcc.ch/present/graphics/2001syr/large/05.19.jpg


It isn't just something to do with developed areas, either. Note the large changes in northern Canada and Siberia.

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