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This is different than Francis’ research on the jet stream and the polar vortex that induces winter extremes, said Mann. There’s also a natural connection.

Planetary waves flow across Earth all the time, but sometimes they get amplified, becoming stronger, and the jet stream gets wavier with bigger hills and valleys, Mann said.