Arctic Ice Loss Amplified Superstorm Sandy Violence

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 14:00 in Earth & Climate

Cornell and Rutgers researchers report in the March issue of Oceanography that the severe loss of summertime Arctic sea ice - attributed to greenhouse warming - appears to increase the frequency of atmospheric blocking events like the one that steered Hurricane Sandy into the US Northeast.

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