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“A growing body of evidence suggests that the kind of extreme cold being experienced by much of the United States as we speak is a pattern we can expect to see with increasing frequency as global warming continues,” said Assistant to the President for Science and Technology John Holdren. “I believe the odds are that we can expect, as a result of global warming, to see more of this pattern of extreme cold.”
White House: U.S. is cold because the planet is hot
Published on Jan 8, 2014
President Obama's Science and Technology Advisor, Dr. John Holdren, explains the polar vortex in 2 minutes—and why climate change makes extreme weather more likely going forward. Learn more at wh.gov... January 8, 2014.
The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes
AthlonSavage
reply to post by xuenchen
Why does it get colder when the planet is getting hotter?
AthlonSavage
reply to post by xuenchen
Why does it get colder when the planet is getting hotter?
peter vlar
reply to post by AthlonSavage
More moisture in the upper atmosphere due to warmer temps at lower latitudes gets sucked towards the poles creating an alteration in normal weather patterns hence Australia suffering record high temps when I got more snow dumped one the past 24 hours than the last 2 winters combined.
crazyewok
Now im skeptical on the role humans have but climates do change, natrually it gets hotter and colder in cycles.
ChesterJohn
peter vlar
reply to post by AthlonSavage
More moisture in the upper atmosphere due to warmer temps at lower latitudes gets sucked towards the poles creating an alteration in normal weather patterns hence Australia suffering record high temps when I got more snow dumped one the past 24 hours than the last 2 winters combined.
Isn't there a limit as to how much moisture can go into the atmosphere?
If moister is taken into the upper atmosphere the UV from the sun will create Ozone as that ozone cools it will produce Hydrogen, Oxygen and Hydrogenperoxide as well as water.
No I think it is all a cyclic and we are simply in a cycle we have not seen for some time.
AthlonSavage
reply to post by xuenchen
Why does it get colder when the planet is getting hotter?
crazyewok
I see ATS does not understand the concept of ocean currents and there affect on weather.
Higher tempratures and melted ice have disrupted those, this leads to unpredictable weather.
Now im skeptical on the role humans have but climates do change, natrually it gets hotter and colder in cycles.
tothetenthpower
I'm really tired of people thinking that Global Warming means that it gets hotter everywhere on the planet, all at once.
It's CLIMATE CHANGE folks, which means that the CLIMATE CHANGES more DRASTICALLY because of the effects created naturally or by our hands.
My god, it's like you need a degree or something to understand basic environmental science.
~Tenth