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As the Arctic warms, nor'easters may get worse
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/us/winter-weather-arctic-warmth-linked/index.html(CNN)As the Northeast endures its third nor'easter in ten days, winter-weary residents are wondering what's behind the weather chaos.
Evidence is mounting that the answer could lie in the rapidly melting Arctic.
A study released Tuesday in the scientific journal Nature Communications ties extreme winter weather, specifically major snowstorms in the northeastern US, to warming Arctic temperatures.
The study, from Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) and Rutgers University, zeroed in on US cities and looked at how severe winter weather, extreme cold and heavy snowfall related to conditions in the Arctic during and before the storms.
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