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Global warming and airflow changes 'caused US and EU heatwaves'

2013-02-26 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Global warming may have caused extreme events such as a 2011 drought in the United States and a 2003 heatwave in Europe by slowing vast, wave-like weather flows in the northern hemisphere, scientists said on Tuesday. The study of meandering air systems that encircle the planet adds to understanding of extremes that have killed thousands of people and driven up food prices in the past decade. Such planetary airflows, which suck warm air from the tropics when they swing north and draw cold air...

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