Since the industrial revolution, the amount of carbon dioxide and its equivalents in the atmosphere has spiked way more than it was in the pre-industrial era and this spike in emissions has been linked to human activities such as deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels. The rate at which humans are emitting this carbon is way faster than the rate at which the earth can sequester.
It gets confusing when the global temperature is said to be rising exponentially and yet snow continues falling late into spring. However, there is a direct connection between extreme cold weather and global warming. An understanding of the workings of jet streams and polar vortex would help clear this confusion. As the earth is experiencing global warming, the Arctic is warming…
