CHANGES IN ARCTIC CLIMATE AND CENTRAL U.S. WEATHER PATTERNS Is There a Link?

• Main Authors: Wilhite, Donald A., Morrow, Kimberly C., Shulski, Martha
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2017
• Subjects: Climate; Earth Sciences; Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Sciences; Hydrology; Other Earth Sciences; Water Resource Management; Arctic; Morrow; Arctic Council
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/droughtfacpub/109; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/droughtfacpub/article/1114/viewcontent/Wilhite_BAMS_2017_Changes_in_arctic.pdf

Earlier snowmelt, decreasing soil moisture, decreased corn yields, increasing extreme precipitation events—these are some of the weather effects currently observed in the central United States that might well have their origin in the rapidly warming Arctic. These and other implications of Arctic war...