Arctic sea ice melt disrupts weather patterns

By Becky OskinLiveScience Shrinking Arctic sea ice is shifting polar weather patterns, especially in fall and winter, a new climate modeling study finds.For the study, researchers looked at weather patterns in 2007, when sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean hit one of its lowest summer extents since satellite tracking began in the late 1970s.In fall and winter, when sea ice would normally insulate th...