Ice storms, January downpours, heavy snow, no snow: Diagnosing 'warming winter syndrome'
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January 26, 2024
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(THE CONVERSATION) One of the most robust measures of Earth's changing climate is that winter is warming more quickly than other seasons. The cascade of changes it brings, including ice storms and rain in regions that were once reliably below freezing, are symptoms of what I call "warming winter syndrome."
Wintertime warming represents the global accumulation of heat. During winter, direct heat from the Sun is weak, but storms and shifts in the jet stream bring warm air up from mor...
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