Associate聽Professor of Mathematics and environmental science researcher John Zobitz聽helped to answer the question posed by many in the wake of a recent record-setting snowfall in the Buffalo, N.Y., area聽— Why is it so cold and snowy in November?
The reason is global warming, according to Zobitz and other scientists studying the Earth’s climate. Changes in the overall temperature of the planet have affected the jet stream, thereby causing unusual weather.聽鈥淵es, the globe is warming in temperature, but that means some places are warm a lot more, and some places are sometimes colder,鈥� Zobitz said. 鈥淲e happen to be on the cold side of that right now, and no matter how you want to slice and dice it, that鈥檚 the reality.鈥�
聽about how changes in the Earth’s temperature influence weather patterns on the International Business Times website.