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Good News: Study Says “Climate Change” May Not Cause Cold Snaps
Of course, it fails to actually state what is causing the cold snaps
(Weather Channel) After a brutal winter that left parts of the country buried in record-breaking snow, many were looking for a culprit to blame.
According to a new study, climate change might be off the table as the reason when it comes to the unusually harsh winters we’ve seen in recent years.
A team of scientists from Swiss university ETH Zurich and the California Institute of Technology say that, contrary to previous scientific thought, climate change doesn’t cause cold snaps.
The study, published in the Journal of Climate, overturns the previous hypothesis that rising temperatures in the Arctic weaken the polar jet stream, which in turn leads to higher temperature variability and harsher winter seasons.
Rather, the scientists say, a warmer climate will mean a lower range of temperature fluctuation and increasingly rare cold snaps. The team used climate simulations and “theoretical arguments” to back their statements.
Huh. So, warming (despite an 18+ year Pause) isn’t causing cold. Go figure. But, hey, it will cause “a lower ranger of temp fluctuations” in the future and cold snaps will be rare. Per their “models”. Strange how the real world seems to always create contradictions. We even get “In theory there would no longer be any temperature variability.” So, Canada will have the same temps as Barbados.
Let’s be clear on one thing: this could happen. They could be correct. However, the debate is not about results, but causation.
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Source: http://www.thepiratescove.us/2015/04/01/good-news-study-says-climate-change-may-not-cause-cold-snaps/
