Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Snow chaos in Europe caused by melting sea-ice in the Arctic

"A 50% reduction in Arctic sea-ice cover has increased open-water and winter evaporation to fuel more extreme snowfall further [sic] south across Europe.

"When analyzing the long-term trends from 1979 onwards [sic], researchers found that [sic] for every square meter of winter sea-ice lost from the Barents Sea, there was a corresponding 70 kg increase in the evaporation, moisture, and snow falling over Europe."

Science Daily ... 

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