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Freak US winters linked to Arctic warming

Models suggest that distortions in polar-vortex winds can send chilly air hurtling southwards. But some climate scientists remain unconvinced.
  1. Quirin Schiermeier
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Recent spells of unusually cold winter weather in the United States and other parts of the Northern Hemisphere could be a paradoxical consequence of the climate warming in the Arctic, according to a study based on decades of atmospheric observations. However, it is still unclear whether this represents a long-term trend that will persist as the world heats up.

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Nature 597, 165 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02402-z

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  1. Cohen, J., Agel, L., Barlow, M., Garfinkel, C. I. & White, I. Science 373, 1116–1121 (2021).

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