"The exceptional cold and snowy winter of 2009-2010 in Europe, eastern Asia and eastern North America is connected to unique physical processes in the Arctic," said James Overland of the NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in the United States.
"In future, cold and snowy winters will be the rule rather than the exception" in these regions, Overland told IPS.
High pressure in the Arctic and lower than normal pressure across the temperate Atlantic brought cold and snowy weather to the east coast of the U.S. and western Europe. 
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