Changing Ocean Currents Driving Extreme Winter Weather In US: Researchers : Rashtra News A researcher said the study was motivated by the cold weather Texas saw in February. (Representational)Washington: Throughout Earth's oceans runs a conveyor belt of water. Its churning is powered by differences in the water's temperature and saltiness, and weather patterns around the
Researchers found that winter weather in US critically depends on this conveyor belt-like system. As the AMOC slows because of climate change, the US will experience more extreme cold winter weather.