Saturday, September 14, 2013

The Tricky Science of Proving a Link Between a Warmer Arctic and Wacky Weather

The slowing of the west to east flow of the jet stream produces large meandering lobes that can stall, resulting in long periods of unchanging weather. Source: Skeptical Science
Superstorm Sandy's left hook into the Jersey Shore.  Flooding in Europe.  Heat waves in Russia.  In the past few years, extreme weather events like these have captured public attention as potential examples of a brave new world of weather, brought to you courtesy of climate change.

 The Tricky Science of Proving a Link Between a Warmer Arctic and Wacky Weather

(Reposted because of relation to 'Biblical' Amounts of Rainfall below.)
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