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Climatologists have found an explanation for the protracted winter, which established in the USA, Europe and Russia. According to experts, in global warming, which leads to melting, is to blame ice and increased rainfall.
The arrival in Europe of the “long winter” could be predicted back in the fall, scientists say. According to the latest data that received researchers from the National Center for the Study of Snow and Ice in Boulder, Colorado, ice cover reduced in summer 2012 to indicators of a historical minimum.
“Floating ice is melting before our eyes. It is 80% less than it was 20 years old back. This is a serious loss – as well as a symptom of global warming. This symptom tells us that warming is also going on. Arctic, ”says professor at the American Institute of Marine Sciences named after Rutgers Jennifer Francis.
Melting ice allows air to warm up and changes position jet stream. The air currents of the jet stream carry responsible for the formation of cyclones and anticyclones. They are determine the weather in the northern hemisphere, in Europe, Russia and the USA.
“This warming has an effect on the jet stream. It allows the cold air of the Arctic to penetrate far south. That the weather that has established now will consolidate for a long time, “says Professor Francis.
Snowdrifts in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
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Winter 2012-2013 has become one of the most difficult for the last time. A record amount of rainfall fell in Russia, Europe and the USA. Three snow cyclones hit continental Europe. One of “hit” them in late December, the second – in mid-February and the third – at the end of March.
Unexpected for the inhabitants of the continent was the March cyclone. Snow fell even in those regions of Europe where its existence winter almost forgotten. In Hungary, the cyclone blocked traffic three times on the main highways that connect the country with Austria, Italy and Ukraine. According to eyewitnesses, in the suburbs of Budapest locals abandoned the usual bikes and got on skiing.
A difficult situation has developed in neighboring Ukraine, Hungary. Snow falling on March 22 paralyzed traffic on the roads of Kiev. People moved around the city on skis and sleighs. City authorities have difficulty coped with drifts by March 25.
Snow came to Moscow on the night of March 23-24. It was snowing without two days off. The wind died down only in the morning of March 26. According to forecasts meteorologists, cold weather will stand in the capital of Russia until end of the month and warming is possible only in early April.
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