A paper published in the February 27 early online issue of the esteemed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) argues that the warming Arctic will cause events such as extreme snowstorms and record-setting cold spells increasingly often.
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29 February 2012
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As global warming starts to make its effects felt around the world, the Northern Hemisphere is bound to suffer from more severe, colder winters as a result. A study detailing this seemingly-counterintuitive connection was published in the January 12 online issue of Environmental Research Letters.
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13 January 2012
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Less than a week from now, experts at the American space agency are scheduled to begin a series of research flights above Canada, whose main purpose is to analyze the snowstorms forming at different locations. This will provide an interesting proxy for analyzing snowfall from space.
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13 January 2012
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Scientists have recently determined that prolonged, intense and heavy snowfall in Arctic regions can lead to the death of native plant species, but only indirectly. These conditions apparently foster the development of killer fungal strains, that can wipe out entire plant populations.Snowfall can bring about the exac... |
20 June 2011
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Following decades of ongoing studies, climate researchers have discovered a very peculiar link between the southwestern corner of Australia and a region of eastern Antarctica. It would appear that a negative correlation exists between them, in the sense that, when the Australian land is battered with drought and lack... |
9 February 2010
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