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Climate change, Arctic amplification, Jet stream causing Extreme weather
2013-03-03 07:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bay Area Indymedia: "An important part of the global air motion in the mid-latitudes of the Earth normally takes the form of waves wandering around the planet, oscillating between the tropical and the Arctic regions. So when they swing up, these waves suck warm air from the tropics to Europe, Russia, or the US, and when they swing down, they do the same thing with cold air from the Arctic," explains lead author Vladimir Petoukhov. "What we found is that during several recent extreme weather events these planetary...
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