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First of all, we cannot tell how our climate would be by a certain day, season, or weather. Our climate has to be analyzed in a larger scale and then an average temperature can be calculated to see if the Earth is getting warmer or colder. This needs to be done after a certain event has happened continuously for over 30 years.

The question we need to ask is not ‘is ice age starting?’, but ‘does global warming also cause colder weather?’ The answer for now is ‘yes’, though scientific research are still in progress. We all know that global warming causes climate change, which causes harsher and much extremer weather. Climate change also works for winter.  It causes heavier snow or colder winter.

The Earth synchronizes with everything it consists of; water, air, currents of the ocean, and more. In other words, they are all connected to each other. Even though they are far apart, the Arctic and the Polar are connected. If one of them melts, the other freezes. They interact with each other in order to form stability in the Earth’s climate. It helps the Earth not to get too hot but not get too cold and remain in balance.

However, global warming is in the way of this interaction. It makes sudden changes to the environment that cannot be fixed. The Earth’s atmosphere works like a tug-of-war between the Arctic and the Polar. If there’s a change in one side, there is bound to have a change on the other side, too. This weather relationship is called teleconnections. The atmosphere is the one which is in control of the weathers. When atmospheric patterns shift, the temperature changes rapidly.

Scientists are still working on teleconnections as this has been happening recently. Meanwhile, they have researched about how the Arctic shift weather affects other living creatures such as plants. Colder winter and spring lead to biological stress even though the weather gets extremely warmer afterwards. Our crops produce less food and if this phenomenon continues on, the situation will get worse. Overpopulation is happening and yet we are expecting to have less food, which means the price of crops being imported will rise and cause economic damage to many countries and eventually the world economy. What is even worse is that plants are the creatures that absorb carbon dioxide. If they dry out because of cold winters, the Arctic gets more warmed up. The cycle will continue and will be out of control.

It might sound ironic that getting warmer also means getting colder. However, this is the truth and a challenge that we need to face. We have messed with the climate and now we have to pay the bill. We have led the human survival in danger by taking action in timely manners. It is still not too late to emit less carbon dioxide. We must act now.