Speculation about the cause of forecast record low temperatures in the US led WWA researchers to explore the cold air outbreak – how was it affected by greenhouse gas emissions?
Deep freeze in the US, December 2016
Cold spells
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Location
- Africa
- Arctic
- Asia
- Australasia
- Caribbean
- Central America
- Europe
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- Mediterranean
- North America
- Northern Asia
- South America