How Canada’s wildfires are warming the stratosphere

How Canada’s wildfires are warming the stratosphere

Exactly how stratospheric warming could affect weather, almost all of which occurs in the troposphere, is not yet known, however. Changes in the heat of the stratosphere in turn changes the circulation of winds, says Karen Rosenlof of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Chemical Sciences Laboratory. “Changing the winds can change how waves propagate in … Read more