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Summer weather is getting 'stuck' due to Arctic warming

Summer weather patterns are increasingly likely to stall in Europe, North America and parts of Asia, according to a new climate study that explains why Arctic warming is making heatwaves elsewhere more persistent and dangerous. Rising temperatures in the Arctic have slowed the circulation of the jet stream and other giant planetary winds, says the paper, which means high and low pressure fronts are getting stuck and weather is less able to moderate itself.

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  • Gozzin
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    Yep,I've read this too.

    US. Scientists had previously noted that hurricanes are slowing and bringing more rain.

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