14-04-2018 08:22 via sacramento.cbslocal.com

Study: Melting Arctic Ice Could Push California Storms North, Creating Drought

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A study published in Nature Communications says that as the climate warms and sea ice in the Arctic melts, that could impact the climate of California making it drier.
Dr. Ivana Cvijanovic with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ran a climate model that melted most of the sea ice in the Arctic, which is projected over the next few decades.
The melting of the ice leads to warmer ocean temperatures, which can lead to a change in atmospheric pressure patterns.
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