A stretched polar vortex is bringing severe winter storm conditions to half the continental US, and is causing temperatures to plummet across even more of the northern hemisphere. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with winter weather expert and scientist Judah Cohen about how the warming Arctic is tied to this weather event.
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