How the polar jetstream affects our winters

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Global warming might actually be making winter storms… colder?

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This January was the hottest ever recorded globally, yet it also snowed in Florida and was icy in Texas? How? Well, global warming might actually be making winter storms colder. It all has to do with the polar jetstream — a boundary of air that’s in flux depending on the differences in temperature around the globe. What effect might climate change be having on it? For more info, check out this article:

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