Changing Jet Stream (VIDEO)

Columbia Climate School

Caption

This animation shows changes in the polar jet stream from June 1, 2015 to July 31, 2015. The jet stream is approximated by crosses. The northerly shift of the jet stream may be linked to a warming arctic, and record melt of the Greenland ice sheet in 2015.

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Marco Tedesco/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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