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Canada: Jet stream eyed as one culprit in Alberta floods
2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: It`s a long way from the Arctic Ocean to southern Alberta, but scientists are increasingly intrigued by theories that link disappearing sea ice to off-the-hook weather such as last week`s flooding. Many are coming to believe there`s a common thread between not enough ice on the ocean and too much water in the rivers -- a high-altitude, high-speed torrent of air called the jet stream. "There`s been a lot interest in the jet stream in the last two or three years," said Dave Phillips, an Environment...
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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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