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Is warming in the Arctic behind this year's crazy winter weather?

  • Written by Jennifer Francis, Research Professor, Rutgers University
Seriously cold: The 'bomb cyclone' freezes a fountain in New York City.AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

Damage from extreme weather events during 2017 racked up the biggest-ever bills for the U.S. Most of these events involved conditions that align intuitively with global warming: heat records, drought, wildfires, coastal flooding, hurricane damage and heavy...

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