Share Comment on this story Comment Add to your saved stories SaveQ: Can you explain why global warming causes more extreme weather? The connection to heat waves makes intuitive sense, but more hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and cold snaps have me confused. Humans continue to release enormous amounts of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere. But the thickening layer of greenhouse gases means more and more is trapped below the atmosphere. The rising snowfall is shifting weather patterns, bringing even more frigid air from the poles to lower latitudes during the winter.

Source: Washington Post January 04, 2024 23:41 UTC