How extreme cold events fit into the global warming model
https://www.earth.com/news/how-extreme-cold-events-fit-climate-change-model-global-warming/
by pecika
How extreme cold events fit into the global warming model
https://www.earth.com/news/how-extreme-cold-events-fit-climate-change-model-global-warming/
by pecika
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Right now, the Arctic is warming rapidly, causing a large temperature difference between it and mid-latitude continents.
This pushes the pendulum to swing wildly, resulting in the extreme cold snaps we see recently. Over the next few decades, the pendulum will start to slow down as the Arctic continues to warm and the temperature difference decreases.
Eventually, the swings may become so small that we might not notice the WACC pattern as strongly. Even though the pendulum will slow down, it doesn’t mean the end of extreme weather.