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Why we still have brutal cold snaps even as the planet warms to record levels

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Why we still have brutal cold snaps even as the planet warms to record levels

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Why we still have brutal cold snaps even as the planet warms to record levels | CNN

Climate scientists are clear: cold extremes will still occur even as winters warm overall.

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Seems to be a correlation vs causation misunderstanding of the wrong order.

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