Extreme cold snaps: Why temperatures still plummet to dangerous levels even as the planet warms

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Extreme cold snaps: Why temperatures still plummet to dangerous levels even as the planet warms
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Even as the world smashes through one all-time heat record after another and speeds towards critical warming thresholds, brutal waves of deadly cold can still arrive in bomb cyclones that bring icy…

Some scientists say minor disruptions in the polar vortex may help explain the recent extreme cold in Asia.up to four times fasterSome scientists argue that this warming is triggering changes to the jet stream and polar vortex, causing more frequent winter extremes., co-authored by Jennifer Francis, a senior scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Massachusetts.

Cohen’s argument is that particularly rapid heating in an area of the Arctic, north of western Russia, combined with increased snowfall in Siberia, amplifies the waviness of the jet stream and pushes energy upwards. This knocks the polar vortex off course, causing very cold air to spill out. “We are not arguing that winters are getting colder overall,” Cohen said. The world is smashing through many more heat records than it is cold records.

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