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In winter, this relatively warm water, even though covered by the polar ice pack, keeps the North Pole from being the coldest place in the Northern Hemisphere, and it is also part of the reason that Antarctica is so much colder than the Arctic. In summer, the presence of the nearby water keeps coastal areas from warming as much as they might ...
Cold Arctic air intrudes into the warmer lower latitudes more rapidly today during autumn and winter, a trend projected to continue in the future except during summer, thus calling into question whether winters will bring more cold extremes. [165] A 2019 analysis of a data set collected from 35 182 weather stations worldwide, including 9116 ...
Some parts of the Arctic are covered by ice (sea ice, glacial ice, or snow) year-round, especially at the most poleward parts; and nearly all parts of the Arctic experience long periods with some form of ice or snow on the surface. Average January temperatures range from about −40 to 0 °C (−40 to 32 °F), and winter temperatures can drop ...
Arctic warming impacts the globe, creating more work for the U.S. Coast Guard—and worsening weather disasters Why a Warming Arctic Has the U.S. Coast Guard Worried About the Rest of the Country ...
A 2021 study found that a stratospheric polar vortex disruption is linked with extreme cold winter weather across parts of Asia and North America, including the February 2021 North American cold wave. [71] [72] Another 2021 study identified a connection between the Arctic sea ice loss and the increased size of wildfires in the Western United ...
Bitterly cold air that originated in Siberia will arrive in the U.S. in the coming days, resulting in dangerously cold wind chills for millions of Americans. Arctic blast from polar vortex to send ...
"The Arctic air coming through Jan. 15th can be the coldest of the winter so far," Anderson said. "This batch of Arctic air will have a vast zone for fresh snow cover to work with and a direct ...
Svalbard is located in between two ocean currents – the warm Atlantic West Spitsbergen Current and the cold Arctic East Spitsbergen Current. [3] These currents have a large impact on the climate of Svalbard and in the distribution of sea ice. The warm Atlantic current on the west coast leads to an average sea temperature of 5–7 °C. [4]