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Warming Arctic May Be Causing Jet Stream Lose Its Way
2014-02-16 16:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Mark Twain once said: "If you don't like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes." He was making an unknowing reference to the jet stream, which drives the weather over North America and Europe like a high-altitude conveyor belt. But increasingly, the jet stream is taking a more circuitous route over the northern latitudes, meaning weather systems hang around longer than they used to. And, a warming Arctic is probably to blame, says Jennifer Francis, a professor at Rutgers University's...
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