China's Severe Winter Haze Tied To Decreasing High Polar Region Sea Ice

[CalamityCountdown]

"Emissions in China have been decreasing over the last four years, but the severe winter haze is not getting better," said Yuhang Wang, a professor in Georgia Tech's School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. "Mostly, that's because of a very rapid change in the high polar regions where sea ice is decreasing and snowfall is increasing. This perturbation keeps cold air from getting into the eastern parts of China where it would flush out the air pollution."
http://www.news.gatech.edu/2017/03/15/chinas-severe-winter-haze-tied-effects-global-climate-change