If heat rises, why is the North Pole so cold?

[Leros]

Proof the Earth is actually flat? :hmm:

 

[destrekor]

LOL

 

[Crono]

The north is not above, though it is above.

 

[Imp]

Damn Santa Claus...

 

[IronWing]

It's the magnets.

 

[FoBoT]

its gravity

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Don't be preposterous. The North Pole is at the bottom of the world.

 

[Moonbeam]

The problem is that the Coriolis effect bends the hot air headed for the North pole causing the trade winds where heat is traded for rain. The result of that is that rain falling at the pole, because the heat has been lost, freezes and becomes snow. The snow makes the pole cold. Fortunately, however, because the North pole pulls on the South pole and visa versa, the Earth has become an oblate spheroid, or some such which means that the cold air from the pole slides down the curvature of the Earth, but not too fast because of the flattened arch. This helps to keep the pole cold by preventing all the cold air from running out very fast. One day, as the poles keep pulling on each other and flattening the Earth, it will in fact be as flat as a pancake and therefore also huge. There will be room for trillions of people and you will be able to travel to the other side of the world by digging a hole.

 

[Hacp]

contrary to popular belief, heat does not rise.

 

[destrekor]

contrary to popular belief, heat does not rise.

Exactly! That's why we call them heat sinks!

:biggrin:

 

[PhoenixEnigma]

Because the equator is "higher". The earth spins fast enough it flattens out a bit, and it's wider around the middle than it is tall.

Seriously.

Well, the flattening bit, at least.

 

[DaTT]

The north is not above, though it is above.

Best answer....

 

[IronWing]

The problem is that the Coriolis effect bends the hot air headed for the North pole causing the trade winds where heat is traded for rain. The result of that is that rain falling at the pole, because the heat has been lost, freezes and becomes snow. The snow makes the pole cold. Fortunately, however, because the North pole pulls on the South pole and visa versa, the Earth has become an oblate spheroid, or some such which means that the cold air from the pole slides down the curvature of the Earth, but not too fast because of the flattened arch. This helps to keep the pole cold by preventing all the cold air from running out very fast. One day, as the poles keep pulling on each other and flattening the Earth, it will in fact be as flat as a pancake and therefore also huge. There will be room for trillions of people and you will be able to travel to the other side of the world by digging a hole.

That was really quite good. :biggrin:

 

[WaTaGuMp]

If it was really that cold there, Santa Claus would move.

 

[Tiamat]

Lol

 

[brianmanahan]

It's the magnets.

how does that work?

 

[SKORPI0]

 

[sao123]

heat does rise... Its summertime when the earth is above the sun, and winter time when the earth is below the sun.

 

[Blieb]

altitude != longitude

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

It's the magnets.

This Magneto is clearly at fault.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

The problem is that the Coriolis effect bends the hot air headed for the North pole causing the trade winds where heat is traded for rain. The result of that is that rain falling at the pole, because the heat has been lost, freezes and becomes snow. The snow makes the pole cold. Fortunately, however, because the North pole pulls on the South pole and visa versa, the Earth has become an oblate spheroid, or some such which means that the cold air from the pole slides down the curvature of the Earth, but not too fast because of the flattened arch. This helps to keep the pole cold by preventing all the cold air from running out very fast. One day, as the poles keep pulling on each other and flattening the Earth, it will in fact be as flat as a pancake and therefore also huge. There will be room for trillions of people and you will be able to travel to the other side of the world by digging a hole.

Some people say that day has already occurred and that it is the gravitational well bending around the flat earth that makes it appear to be round.

Useless! this does NOTHING to answer the man's question!

 

[OverVolt]

Hot air goes towards less density.

 

[MTDEW]

Useless! this does NOTHING to answer the man's question!

LOL, so some want a "real" answer in ATOT?

How about there is no up or down in space, therefore there is no top or bottom to the earth.
Heat rises in the earths atmosphere, not from south to north, since north and south don't actually exist, they're just labels made up by man to keep from getting lost while looking at a map.

Me personally, i like that heastsink theory above. :biggrin:

 

[OverVolt]

If it rises in the atmosphere it collects at the top near the north pole then?

 

[MTDEW]

If it rises in the atmosphere it collects at the top near the north pole then?

The North pole isnt the top.
There is no "top" or "bottom".

I knew i should have stayed outta this one. :biggrin: