Is Weird Winter Weather Related to Climate Change?

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Pounding waves and rain, Butterfly beach, Southern California. The storms that walloped California last week slightly eased the state’s epic drought, but the state is still drastically short of moisture, the U.S. Drought Monitor reports…

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Scientists are trying to understand if the unusual weather in the Northern Hemisphere this winter, from record heat in Alaska to unprecedented flooding in Britain, is linked to climate change.

One thing seems clear: Shifts in the jet stream play a key role and could become even more disruptive as the world warms…

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