Is THIS the Real Reason Weather is Getting Wilder

PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: More info below If you feel like the weather has been getting a lot weirder and wilder lately, youre not alone. While its easy to blame climate change, we need to dive deeper. There has been a recent increase in polar vortex events bringing arctic air far enough south to cause snow in places like Texas, extreme heat waves like in the Pacific Northwest, and extreme rain like we saw after Hurricane Ida. Even fires in Siberia and drought hint at a new dust bowl. NOAAs 2020 BillionDollar Weather and Climate Disaster report showed a notable uptick in extremes. And 2021 was no exception, with of all weather stations reporting record temperatures. And with the continued emission of carbon into the atmosphere, this should come as no real surprise. But some new scientific research shows that there is a surprising thread that connects nearly all of these weather