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General Category => National/Breaking News => Weather => Topic started by: rangerrebew on November 15, 2020, 02:40:28 pm

Title: Climate at a Glance: Cold Spells
Post by: rangerrebew on November 15, 2020, 02:40:28 pm

Climate at a Glance: Cold Spells

Bullet-Point Summary:

•Global warming does not cause an increase inthe frequency or severity of cold weather eventssuch as colder than normal winter outbreaks of “The Polar Vortex”.

•TheUnited Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reportsit is “very likely”that there have been fewercold days and nightsinrecent decades.

•The U.N.IPCC reportsit is “virtually certain”that there will continue to be decreases in cold temperature extremes.

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