{"id":109241,"date":"2021-01-22T13:27:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T13:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=109241"},"modified":"2021-01-22T13:27:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T13:27:16","slug":"as-polar-vortex-stirs-a-deep-freeze-threatens-u-s-and-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/as-polar-vortex-stirs-a-deep-freeze-threatens-u-s-and-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"As Polar Vortex Stirs, a Deep Freeze Threatens U.S. and Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

High in the atmosphere above the North Pole, a spike in temperatures may soon send bone-rattling chills spilling down through the Northern Hemisphere.<\/p>\n

The icy blasts threatening to sweep across North America, Europe and Asia starting in late January are from the same weather pattern that triggered the 2014 cold snap known as the polar vortex, which plunged temperatures in Chicago to minus 16 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 27 Celsius).<\/p>\n

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<\/path><\/g><\/svg> Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan<\/span>Most polluted air today, in sensor range +0.\u200b97\u00b0 C Nov. 2020 increase in global temperature vs. 1900s average -6.\u200b67% Today’s arctic ice area vs. historic average 34% Carbon-free net power in Germany, most recent data <\/circle><\/marker><\/defs><\/p>\n

<\/path><\/g><\/svg> 50,\u200b820 Million metric tons of greenhouse emissions, most recent annual data 0 6 5 4 3 2 0 3 2 1 0 9 0 8 7 6 5 4 .0 3 2 1 0 9 0 9 8 7 6 5 0 3 2 1 0 9 0 5 4 3 2 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 7 6 5 4 3 Parts per million CO2<\/sub> in the atmosphere <\/circle><\/marker><\/defs><\/p>\n

<\/path><\/g><\/svg> $69.\u200b9B Renewable power investment worldwide in Q2 2020 0 6 5 4 3 2 0 6 5 4 3 2 0 9 8 7 6 5 Soccer pitches of forest lost this hour, most recent data <\/p>\n