Heavy European Snowfall Caused by 'Weather Collision'
14 years, 6 months ago

Heavy European Snowfall Caused by 'Weather Collision'

Wired  

By Duncan Geere, Wired UK The uncharacteristically snowy weather that hit Northern Europe and North America in the winter of 2009/10 was caused by a rare combination of two separate weather oscillations in the Atlantic and Pacific, claim meteorologists. Some climate skeptics cited the conditions as evidence against climate change, while other people pointed out that most climate change predictions include an increase in extreme weather events. But the research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, claims that neither are correct, and that the freak weather was actually caused by an unusual match-up of a moderately strong El Niño event, and an extremely strongly negative North Atlantic oscillation. An El Niño event tends to push storm systems towards the equator, making the weather in the US and Northern Europe wetter than normal.

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Europe’s Winter Storms Will Get Worse as Emissions Rise, Study Says

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Most Americans who experienced severe winter weather see climate change at work, AP-NORC poll shows
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It's time for Northeast to prep for floods like those that hit this winter. Climate change is why
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Associated Press  

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Expect more intense rainfall events as the world warms, scientists say
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Snowfall is changing across the globe, new maps show
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CNN  

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Winter forecast: A warmer North, wetter South because of El Nino, climate change
1 year, 5 months ago

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NPR  

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1 year, 5 months ago

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Associated Press  

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Ocean temperatures are off the charts, and El Niño is only partly to blame
1 year, 9 months ago

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LA Times  

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Rapidly warming Arctic causing greater snowfall further south
2 years, 3 months ago

Rapidly warming Arctic causing greater snowfall further south

The Independent  

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3 years, 6 months ago

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NPR  

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9 years, 1 month ago

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NPR  

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9 years, 10 months ago

Met Office confirms El Nino could cause harsh winter in Europe

Daily Mail  

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10 years, 1 month ago

Here come the climate trolls: Why the descending blizzard doesn't disprove global warming

Salon  

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There is extreme weather ahead
13 years, 9 months ago

There is extreme weather ahead

The Hindu  

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