The Southern Hemisphere is Colder, Stormier, and... Cleaner?

Go to https://ground.news/scishow to stay fully informed on breaking news, compare coverage, and avoid media bias. Subscribe through our link before July 15, 2023, for 30% off unlimited access. You'd think that the Northern and Southern Hemispheres would be basically symmetrical -- that since our planet is a ball, the climate, temperature, and weather patterns would be the same on top as on the bottom. But there are some pronounced differences. Let's explore why. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishowFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #climate #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2123512119 https://whiteface.asrc.albany.edu/scires_mwx.html https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/coriolis-effect/ https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2776/Earth-has-two-different-stratospheres-and-aviation-may-be-to-blame https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2008JD009940 https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/17/11623/2017/acp-17-11623-2017.pdf https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1324002111 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258778329_Why_is_the_Northern_Hemisphere_warmer_than_the_Southern_Hemisphere https://www.jstor.org/stable/984427 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.3402/tellusa.v40i4.11801 https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/amoc.html https://news.uchicago.edu/story/southern-hemisphere-stormier-northern-and-we-finally-know-why IMAGES https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/time-lapse-of-cactus-at-saguaro-national-park-at-sunset-stock-footage/1401182334?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/north-cascades-washington-from-pacific-crest-trail-stock-footage/1408164882?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/darwin-cbd-during-the-day-royalty-free-image/1444601602?phrase=darwin+australia&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/the-earth-space-planet-3d-illustration-background-royalty-free-image/1442849073?phrase=earth&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/world-map-3d-render-topographic-map-color-royalty-free-image/1393592694?phrase=map+of+earth&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/world-planet-satellite-stars-nebula-and-galaxy-3d-render-stock-footage/1411006992?adppopup=true https://scijinks.gov/jet-stream/ https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/amoc.html https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5099 https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/hurricane-season-2022-begins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCmTY0PKGDs&ab_channel=NASAGoddard https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4949 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_density#/media/File:World_human_population_density_map.png https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11656 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4760 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4896 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4443 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4626 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atmosphere_geo5_2018235_lrg.jpg