Since we're now dealing with ANOTHER Arctic Outbreak, I keep hearing "Where's Global Warming?"
Well, it's the reason we're having them.
WHY? Climate change (a warmer world) creates these Arctic outbreaks. A warmer climate causes extremes in the jet stream.
HOW? This Winter, the Jet Stream over the Eastern Pacific has been pushed far north, so east of it, is a large dip in the stream, which has allowed Arctic and even Siberian air spill down over the eastern 2/3rds of the U.S. Conversely, 1/3rd of the country- the Western U.S. has had record high temperatures throughout February. - WHAT ABOUT SIBERIA? In addition, the Siberian air (that was over Siberia) has come over the "north pole" to the U.S. and Siberia and Russia have been experiencing yet another warmer than normal summer - (as happened with the winter olympics when there wasn't enough snow to sled).
RESEARCH FROM NASA: Cold Snaps Plus Global Warming Do Add Up
SOURCE: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/coldweather-2009.html
I just wish they'd warm here and cool on the western U.S. to help with their snowpack needs!!
In general, the overall world temperatures when averaged continue to warm
NASA and NOAA have analyzed the data independently of one another and
yet have arrived at the same conclusion: 2014 is the warmest year on
record since 1880. This is the 38th consecutive year with above average
surface temperatures. The dataset has been released by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. RESEARCH: http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/january/nasa-determines-2014-warmest-year-in-modern-record/index.html#.VLlQZIrF9M4
VIDEO: http://youtu.be/-ilg75uJZZU
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