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[-] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago

Isn't the whole major factor of climate change being that the atmosphere is able to retain more moisture? I may be wrong but I thought I read an article about this. A major shift being a lot of dry periods in regions followed by very wet periods. Essentially the atmosphere can hold more moisture so it has longer dry periods and then much more intense rain and floods. Which would obviously be similar for snowfall.

[-] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

One big change that's noticeable in many countries in the northern hemisphere is the disruption of the (northern) polar jet stream. The previous effects of the jet stream include a relative stability of (cold) weather in winter. Due to climate change, the jet stream becomes increasingly unstable, leading to winters with a back-and-forth between warmer periods and frequent "cold snaps". It's the latter that people point to, when they say "See? Climate change isn't real". The former is what people refer to when they say "There's no snow anymore like there used to be".

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