Climate change to make Europe colder, scientists say

[gyeonghwa]

While we have an unseasonably mild Winter here in SoCal, things are looking different in Europe:

A dramatic loss of sea ice covering the Barents and Kara Seas above northern Russia could explain why a chill Arctic wind has engulfed much of Europe and killed 221 people over the past week.

The death toll from Arctic blast has been particularly severe in the Ukraine, where many of the dead have been people sleeping on the streets. Heating and food tents have been set up to ease their hardship. In Romania 24 people are known to have died and 17 in Poland.

A growing number of experts believe complex wind patterns are being changed because melting Arctic sea ice has exposed huge swaths of normally frozen ocean to the atmosphere above.

Surprise surprise it's due to ice melting.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/science-behind-the-big-freeze-is-climate-change-bringing-the-arctic-to-europe-6358928.html

[Vene]

Feedback systems are always fun. But at least this is negative feedback instead of a positive feedback loop. Although in some ways I guess positive feedback would prompt more political action.