Climate change may be to blame for frigid NortheastPublished: Monday, February 23, 2015
Biting winds and frigid temperatures terrorizing the Northeast can be linked to climate change, according to scientists at Rutgers and Wisconsin universities. Researchers found that since the 1990s, the North American jet stream that pushes weather across the continent has become substantially more variable. In their view, this variability can be linked to more rapid warming in the Arctic in comparison to other parts of the world. It can also help explain the lengthy cold snaps in the Northeast. "The real story is how persistent the pattern has been. It's been this way nearly continually since December 2013 ... warm in the west, cold in the east," Jennifer Francis, Rutgers climate scientist, said in an article in*Rutgers Today*. "We think with the warming Arctic these types of very wavy patterns, although probably not in the same locations, will happen more often in the future." The study <http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/10/1/014005/article> was published in *IOPscience* (Kurt Bresswein, Lehigh Valley *Express-Times* <http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2015/02/frigid_northeast_linked_to_war.html>, Feb. 19). *-- MV* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
