1/25/2024 0 Comments Arctic linked to colder winters![]() ![]() Here we present atmospheric water vapour isotope measurements from Arctic Finland during ‘the Beast from the East’-a severe anticyclonic outbreak that brought heavy snowfall and freezing across Europe in February 2018. However, the mechanisms and a direct link remain elusive due to limited observational evidence. ![]() You can join us by taking action here.The loss of Arctic sea-ice has been implicated with severe cold and snowy mid-latitude winters. Global Citizen campaigns to achive the UN's Global Goals, which include action to combat climate change and create sustainable cities and communities. It’s exposing communities living on the Alaskan coasts to storm surge flooding from fierce winter storms, according to Mashable. ![]() Read more: It Snowed in the Sahara - and the Photos Are InsaneĪs temperatures rise, the Arctic sea ice is at record low levels. But, because of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the Arctic is warming at more than twice the rate of the rest of the world, causing the region’s ice to shrink 7.4% every decade since 1979, an average decrease of 28,000 square miles every year. That’s despite the winter in the Arctic Circle meaning that the sun isn’t expected to rise again until March. The Danish Meteorological Institute recorded that Cape Morris Jesup in Greenland, the most northern weather station in the world, had tipped over freezing. The split was caused by what’s known as a “sudden stratospheric warming event” in the first half of February - which refers to a swift jump in temperatures in the stratosphere (between 10-50km above the north pole) of up to about 50C in just a couple of days, according to the Met Office. Read more: Scientists Warn That the Arctic Might Not Be the Arctic for Very Long Graphics available from /LK6rvpaow6īut, this year, the polar vortex has split, instead creating two twin vortexes of extremely cold air - one which is drifting southwest over western Canada and the Pacific Northwest, while the other is heading over Europe.Īll the cold air is leaving the Arctic - causing temperatures there to rise - and instead causing freezing conditions in Canada and Europe. Meanwhile, brutal cold remains over Europe. ![]() The most intense surge of moisture/warmth (relative to average) for this event will be pushing over the North Pole tomorrow. The circulation of air at the upper levels of the atmosphere known as the “polar vortex” normally keeps all the cold air in the most northern regions of the world, according to Mashable. Read more: 3,000 Britons Are Dying Every Year Because They Can't Afford HeatingĪnd the two extreme weather conditions are linked. Human-caused climate change is beginning to radically transform our planet.” Wow,” he added.Įnvironmental scientist Peter Gleick added: “Just how hot is the Arctic now? Hotter than ever measured in the winter. “I know there have been a lot of weather/climate superlatives tossed around lately, but this truly is ‘record shattering’. “It is absolutely astonishing how much warmer the Arctic is right now relative to even the previous record warmest February,” said UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain. Average temperature is in white ( ) /cLeMxSxvWo The extreme event continues to unfold in the high #Arctic today in response to a surge of moisture and "warmth"Ģ018 is well exceeding previous years (thin lines) for the month of February. Meanwhile, temperatures in the Arctic are over 30C higher than averages for the time of year, according to experts - meaning that, in some areas, temperatures could even get over 0C for the first time since records began. ![]()
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