There is another great article on the BBC. This one involves a just-released study that has linked some of the recent cold and snowy winters in Europe with melting ice in the Arctic. In brief, the study has found that with larger portions of the Arctic ocean staying ice-free longer into the Autumn season the atmosphere warms which then creates easterly winds which block milder, moister air that usually makes its way north in the winter. This blocking effect then allows cold air from the Arctic region to spill in, bringing with it heavy snow and bitter cold. During the mid-winter season this year, more than 200 people died when a deep freeze settled over Europe.
This study helps draw another link to the dangers of melting Arctic ice. It can radically change weather patterns, which can ultimately affect a regional, and then global, climate. It is also important to note, however, that weather and climate change is not global warming. For all the skeptics out there, snow and cold do not disprove a warming globe.
One scientist interviewed in the BBC article has pointed out that the changing climate and the extreme weather patterns are part of a amalgamation of changes from the "norm" which are working together to drive a changing climate. Each of these changes can ultimately be traced back to human impacts and activities. These changes are working together synergistically to create a far different world than we are used to as humans.
Studies like this are important, and the more they are done, the more they confirm that the planet is warming, and that there is a link between that warming and climatic patterns. As the human race continues to experience more and more extreme weather, I am confident that they are going to turn on the governments that aren't doing anything proactively to reduce human impacts on the environment and to encourage its citizens and businesses to change its bad environmental habits. I feel sorry for those in power at the time, because they will have to reckon with truth that day at the cost of their career. Science continues to show us that the truth will come forward.
This study helps draw another link to the dangers of melting Arctic ice. It can radically change weather patterns, which can ultimately affect a regional, and then global, climate. It is also important to note, however, that weather and climate change is not global warming. For all the skeptics out there, snow and cold do not disprove a warming globe.
One scientist interviewed in the BBC article has pointed out that the changing climate and the extreme weather patterns are part of a amalgamation of changes from the "norm" which are working together to drive a changing climate. Each of these changes can ultimately be traced back to human impacts and activities. These changes are working together synergistically to create a far different world than we are used to as humans.
Studies like this are important, and the more they are done, the more they confirm that the planet is warming, and that there is a link between that warming and climatic patterns. As the human race continues to experience more and more extreme weather, I am confident that they are going to turn on the governments that aren't doing anything proactively to reduce human impacts on the environment and to encourage its citizens and businesses to change its bad environmental habits. I feel sorry for those in power at the time, because they will have to reckon with truth that day at the cost of their career. Science continues to show us that the truth will come forward.
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