Scientists issue warning about concerning trend in extreme US weather: 'Significantly windier and rainier'

Scientists issue warning about concerning trend in extreme US weather: 'Significantly windier and rainier'

New research suggests that nor'easters — large-scale Atlantic storms that typically form near the stretch of coast between North Carolina and Massachusetts — are rising in intensity, fueled by higher oceanic temperatures and atmospheric moisture. What's happening? Nor'easters tend to originate when cooler air masses from the North collide with warmer, wetter air over the Gulf Stream Atlantic current, coming together with a level of spin that cre…