Dynamic Planet B/C

[SciolyMaster]

I miss my glaciers

I still don’t understand why they would take glaciers away because it is probably the most important DP topic these days, with global warming and all. Instead, let’s focus on some salinity in oceans

So you're saying that the warming and acidification of the oceans, with their tremendous effect on marine ecosystems around the world, is not an "important topic"?

[Umaroth]

I miss my glaciers

I still don’t understand why they would take glaciers away because it is probably the most important DP topic these days, with global warming and all. Instead, let’s focus on some salinity in oceans

So you're saying that the warming and acidification of the oceans, with their tremendous effect on marine ecosystems around the world, is not an "important topic"?

The large inflow of cold freshwater from melting land glaciers disturbs oceanic circulation, which makes these issues worse. He didn't say they're not important, he just said that glaciers are more important.

[Molybon]

I miss my glaciers

I still don’t understand why they would take glaciers away because it is probably the most important DP topic these days, with global warming and all. Instead, let’s focus on some salinity in oceans

I think they took it away because of how narrow the topic was/ event supervisors had a hard time writing the tests. I felt that most of the tests were either very similar or focused on topics not really within the realm of the event. I'm super excited for oceanography! (Even though tectonics is my fav)

[Unome]

I miss my glaciers

I still don’t understand why they would take glaciers away because it is probably the most important DP topic these days, with global warming and all. Instead, let’s focus on some salinity in oceans

I think they took it away because of how narrow the topic was/ event supervisors had a hard time writing the tests. I felt that most of the tests were either very similar or focused on topics not really within the realm of the event. I'm super excited for oceanography! (Even though tectonics is my fav)

They did not take it away. It just rotated out normally.

[Umaroth]

I still don’t understand why they would take glaciers away because it is probably the most important DP topic these days, with global warming and all. Instead, let’s focus on some salinity in oceans

I think they took it away because of how narrow the topic was/ event supervisors had a hard time writing the tests. I felt that most of the tests were either very similar or focused on topics not really within the realm of the event. I'm super excited for oceanography! (Even though tectonics is my fav)

They did not take it away. It just rotated out normally.

Yes, Dynamic is now a 1 year rotation, meaning 2021 is tectonics and hopefully 2022 is back to glaciers unless they bring freshwater back in.

[Chiweenie]

I notice that some of the topics in Dynamic Planet (like Pacific decadal oscillation or Ekman) had some calculus/differential equations/partial differential equations in the wikipedia. Is this something to worry about?

[JoeyC]

No, they won't have any of that on it, thankfully.

[FLLkitty]

Does anyone know why they changed it to one year rotations?

[l0lit]

Does anyone know why they changed it to one year rotations?

Doing the same topic for your 2nd year actually gives quite the head start on people who have just entered the event. I'm not sure how it shapes up for other events, but that effect is quite pronounced in DyPlan. That's also most likely why many people dislike the change; they already had a lot of their studying done (with the exception of people like Umaroth who just like glaciers for the fun of it ).

[Umaroth]

Does anyone know why they changed it to one year rotations?

Doing the same topic for your 2nd year actually gives quite the head start on people who have just entered the event. I'm not sure how it shapes up for other events, but that effect is quite pronounced in DyPlan. That's also most likely why many people dislike the change; they already had a lot of their studying done (with the exception of people like Umaroth who just like glaciers for the fun of it ).

If I recall correctly from when he addressed our room, the Div B nats proctor said it was also to provide a logical transition from Meteorology: Climate -> Dynamic Planet: Glaciers -> Dynamic Planet: Oceanography, but I don't 100% remember if he exactly said that. Also yes I love glaciers