Finding: The past several decades of historical regional climate patterns commonly used by transportation planners to guide their operations and investments may no longer be a reliable guide for future plans. (pathsoflight.us)
How changes in regional climate patterns will be felt elsewhere is harder to predict. (realclimate.org)
Aerosols in urban air pollution and from major industries such as the Canadian tar sands are of concern to scientists because they can affect regional climate patterns and have helped to warm the Arctic. (scientificamerican.com)