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Does global warming mean hotter or colder climates?

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The flip side of the question, of course, is whether global warming is at least partly to blame for especially harsh winter weather. As we pointed out in a recent EarthTalk column, warmer temperatures in the winter of 2006 caused Lake Erie to not freeze for the first time in its history. read more

This does not mean that every place will become hotter and indeed some areas will experience decreases in temperature. The trend of global warming is displaying an increase in temperature and climate variability, therefore hot areas become hotter and there is a higher incidence of extreme weather conditions. read more

This natural climate variability is the reason that, as the vast majority of the world warms, a few locations are cooling and many are warming even faster than the rest of the globe. It is also why every year, perhaps even every decade, won’t necessarily be warmer than the last. read more

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