As someone who moved out of Michigan after living there 2.5 decades…not sure how this is any different from any other year. Average is 100 days of sun per year in Michigan. ~250 days of clouds is normal and SADS is a commonly diagnosed cause for depression there. Therapists get special training to identify it.
Yeah… I have lived in MI for 39 years. It’s always been super cloudy but we also have IMO some of the most beautiful natural resources around so even if it is cloudy there are plenty of ways to get out of funks. There are only so many places that you can see multiple inland freshwater seas in a single day.
Can confirm.
Vitamin D supplements are a necessity here.
This is and idiotic article.
Why do you say that? The science is pretty clear about the impact of no sunlight on mental health and the article doesn’t seem that bad.
Why?
Because I live in Seattle. We cope.
This is the EarthScience community, not EarthAnecdotes
Sounds like Belgium in November-December (due to atlantic moisture), but January can be (and is now) quite sunny.
Problem is, some people imagine (maybe subconciously) that global warming could be like going south on a holiday for some winter sun, while models project that we’ll get even less sunlight in winter, due to evaporating more from warmer oceans, without increasing the driver of convection.
