Signal: Colder European winters
ArcticSeaIceDec2010

Record low December sea ice driving extreme weather conditions

by on 05. Jan, 2011 in Uncategorized

The extreme negative Arctic Oscillation, driven by record low sea ice, has been identified as one of the primary drivers of cold, snowy winters for the eastern U.S. and western Europe.

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Arctic warming pushing colder winters south to Europe

by on 16. Nov, 2010 in Uncategorized

The overall warming of the earth’s northern half could result in cold winters. The shrinking of sea-ice in the eastern Arctic causes some regional heating of the lower levels of air – which may lead to strong anomalies in atmospheric airstreams, triggering an overall cooling of the northern continents, a study recently published in the [...]