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Climate Impacts
Another polar vortex is blasting the U.S. with harsh winter weather. So how is climate change involved?
A recent study explains how warmer temperatures at the top of the planet destabilize the jet stream and allow colder air to travel south.
KRISTOFFER TIGUE / INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS – A second bout of severe winter weather pummeled the central United States on Friday with freezing temperatures and icy conditions. It arrived just days after a massive winter storm, traveling from Kansas to New Jersey, dumped upwards of a foot of snow on some cities, disrupting traffic and knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of households …
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