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Updated / Thursday, 1 Apr 2021
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The extreme weather event paralysed much of Northern Europe, including Ireland, in early 2018 (File pic: Rolling News)
Ice-free seas in the Arctic contribute directly to more extreme snowfall in Europe, contributing nearly 90% of the fresh snow that hit the continent during 2018 s infamous Beast from the East , according to newly published research.
The extreme weather event paralysed much of Northern Europe, including Ireland, during February and March 2018.
Now an international team of researchers says that the epic snowfall was a direct result of anomalously warm waters in the Barents Sea – 60% of which was ice-free in the weeks leading up to the Beast from the East .