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Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: September 8th, 2019, 5:04 pm
by SciolyMaster
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: September 8th, 2019, 5:38 pm
by Umaroth
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.
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: September 9th, 2019, 8:07 am
by Molybon
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)
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: September 9th, 2019, 10:28 am
by Unome
Molybon wrote: ↑September 9th, 2019, 8:07 am
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.
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: September 9th, 2019, 4:23 pm
by Umaroth
Unome wrote: ↑September 9th, 2019, 10:28 am
Molybon wrote: ↑September 9th, 2019, 8:07 am
Pastaman202 wrote: ↑September 8th, 2019, 3:56 pm
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.
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: September 9th, 2019, 7:06 pm
by 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?
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: September 9th, 2019, 7:14 pm
by JoeyC
No, they won't have any of that on it, thankfully.
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: September 9th, 2019, 7:55 pm
by FLLkitty
Does anyone know why they changed it to one year rotations?
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: September 9th, 2019, 8:38 pm
by l0lit
FLLkitty wrote: ↑September 9th, 2019, 7:55 pm
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
).
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: September 9th, 2019, 11:03 pm
by Umaroth
l0lit wrote: ↑September 9th, 2019, 8:38 pm
FLLkitty wrote: ↑September 9th, 2019, 7:55 pm
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
