Summit Voice: The big subtropical high pressure systems that already shape mid-latitude weather patterns to a large degree could become even bigger players on the global climate scene as they intensify under the influence of global warming, according to a new study led by Duke University researchers. The study suggests that, as summertime near-surface high-pressure systems over the northern Pacific and Atlantic oceans strengthen, they could influence the occurrence of drought and extreme summer rainfall, in...
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