Massive moisture-driven extreme precipitation during warmest winter in record
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Polar heat pushing jet stream south, bringing harder winters for...
Last winter’s big snowfall and cold temperatures in the eastern United States and Europe were likely caused by the loss of Arctic sea ice, researchers concluded at the International Polar Year Oslo...
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Harsh U.S. winter in 2010 triggered by climate change
A paper published yesterday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters claims the harsh winter weather is consistent with a warming world. The paper blames the severe weather on warmer temperatures in...
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NOAA: Warming arctic pushing cold tracks south to U.S.
Preliminary results from numerical computer simulations indicate that the significant cold anomalies over the eastern US in winter are associated with the decrease of the Arctic sea-ice cover in the...
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Warming arctic pushing cold winters south to U.S., Europe
Higher air temperatures in the lower Arctic atmosphere in fall [are] contributing to changes in the atmospheric circulation in both the Arctic and northern mid-latitudes. Winter 2009-2010 showed a new...
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Winter 2010 in Europe moderated by climate change
The winter of 2009/2010 was characterized by record persistence of the negative phase of the North-Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) which caused several severe cold spells over Northern and Western Europe....
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Freeze in Europe linked to cold wave pushed south by Arctic warming
Global warming may be contributing to the current heavy snow and subzero temperatures across Europe, which has closed major airports, caused hundreds of highway accidents and several deaths. Cold...
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Climate change fueling winter storms
… as the globe warms up, Americans can expect more storms like the one bearing down on much of the United States, scientists say. That’s not because the Feb. 1 storm can be linked to rising atmospheric...
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