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Europe’s Winter Storms Will Get Worse as Emissions Rise, Study Says
Global carbon emissions are amplifying a North Atlantic wind pattern that drives northern Europe’s biggest winter storms, new research shows.
According to projections from scientists at the UK’s Met Office and University of Exeter, in a scenario with very high levels of greenhouse gases, global warming will amp up the North Atlantic Oscillation to roughly three times larger than ever recorded by the end of the century.