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Yes, Climate Change is Behind This Weird Weather

Climate is changing is making our weather severe and unpredictable.

Yes, Climate Change is Behind This Weird Weather

[DIGEST: NYT, PopularScience, Nature, Fortune, Scientific American, The Weather Channel, Fast Company]

Has it been a weird winter? No matter where you live, the climate is changing, and winter as you knew it has become less predictable. This year, if you live in Minneapolis, you had thunderstorms on Christmas Day and your annual ski race is being run on fake snow. If you live in Portland, Oregon, you spent 10 days trapped in your house because a freak ice storm shut down your city. If you live in Birmingham, New York, you got buried under a record-breaking 54 inches of snow during Winter Storm Argos, just one year after a record-setting low snowfall year — and just one day after the area set a record with 70-degree high temperatures. If you live in Los Angeles, you’ve gone from years of record drought to rains that amount to 216 percent of the “normal” amount for the past four months. If you live in Oklahoma, the thermometer just reached 100 degrees in the dead of winterIf you live in the North Pole, the temperature soared 50 degrees above normal.

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