Friday, February 1, 2019

Climate change and the polar vortex to blame for unpredictable weather

Americans in the upper Midwest have been dealing with brutally cold temperatures this week as low as 35 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit) and wind chills near 60 below. At the same time, the North Pole is in a heat wave with temperatures 25 degrees warmer than normal, and the culprit for this upside-down weather pattern is the polar vortex. But, just because millions of Americans are dealing with this potentially life-threatening cold blast, it doesn’t mean global warming is a hoax. There...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/climate-change-and-the-polar-vortex-to-blame-for-unpredictable-weather
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