Climate change may be fueling increase in major Northeast snowstorms

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Climate change may be fueling increase in major Northeast snowstorms

Scientists say the recent surge of intense Northeast winter storms is probably tied to rising ocean temperatures and changes in the Arctic

Stock image: A person walks away from the camera down a snowy street, next to cars blanketed with snow

Saturday’s tremendous coastal storm pushed a band of heavy snow into southern New England, burying cities under a snowpack up to two feet deep. These near-record snowfall totals continue an astonishing run of historic storms to impact the Northeast in recent years, probably attributed, in part, to anthropogenic climate change.

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