Wednesday, July 28, 2010

A Warming World Will Still See Severe Snowstorms

washington dc blizzard photo
photo: Woodley Wonderworks via flickr
Still think last year's heavy snows in parts of the eastern United States were a sign that the world isn't warming? A new study in Geophysical Research Letters by scientists from Columbia University's Earth Institute show that it was converging weather patterns dumping all that snow; but the researchers also pointedly comment that a warming world will still see severe storms, noting that if journalists had been based in the Arctic they might not be so smug about announcing global warming's demise.
Article continues: A Warming World Will Still See Severe Snowstorms - Columbia University Scientists Remind Us

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