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In reply to the discussion: All 50 US states will experience temperatures below freezing overnight says National Weather Service [View all]HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Because of global warming deniers affinity to strict interpretation of word use, the rhetorical contrast between global warming and climate change is sometimes seized upon by deniers as disagreement between atmospheric scientists.
Complex systems are hard to hold in minds trained to break down problems into fundamental, simple, associations. This is one of the problems with common applications of the "reductionist" paradigm; the too narrow view focuses on direct effects which makes many problems seem easier to solve, but it tends to overlook important factors whose influence is indirect and more than a step removed.
Not surprisingly its common for combined effects of interacting components in complex systems to lead to what seem to be counter-intuitive outcomes...such as atmospheric warming leading to greater frequency of very cold spells for central and eastern North America.