Arctic Amplification(Extreme Weather): Jennifer Francis June 6, 2013

This video is part of a Climate Desk event “Climate Desk Live 06/06/13: The Alarming Science Behind Climate Change’s Increasingly Wild Weather” featuring top climate researcher Jennifer Francis.

Watch the full event (including Stu Ostro on atmospheric thickness) here .

Event website http://climatedesk.org/2013/05/climat…

For more detail on Francis’s research, see:

• Arctic Warming Favors Extreme, Prolonged Weather Events ‘Such As Drought, Flooding, Cold Spells And Heat Waves’
• NOAA Bombshell: Warming-Driven Arctic Ice Loss Is Boosting Chance of Extreme U.S. Weather
• How Arctic Ice Loss Amplified Superstorm Sandy — Oceanography Journal

Chris Machens

Chris Machens is managing Editor at ClimateState, based in Berlin. Chris begun with commenting climate related articles around 2007. In light of the growing climate crisis writing became more professionally, covering many topics, with the focus on the science and establishing ClimateState.com in January 2012.

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