WIRED ScienceThe Controversial Link Between Epic Storms and a Warming Arctic
Published Mar 14, 2018, 7:12 AM
It’s that time of the year again, when massive winter storms lash the eastern United States and your uncle posts on Facebook about how it proves climate change is a hoax. After all, why would you still need a good coat on a warming planet? The fallacy is, of course, that weather is not the same as climate—though the two are intertwined in sometimes surprising ways.
