Balmier temperatures in the East Siberian and Chuckchi seas, above Russia and Alaska, often occur about five days before cold spells in the U.S. and Canada. (Photo: Shutterstock.com)

(Bloomberg) — Here’s a climate twist: If your winter has been brutally cold in Tokyo or Toledo in recent years, you can thank global warming in the Arctic, a new study suggests.

Rising temperatures in the waters north of Russia and Alaska are changing atmospheric circulation patterns and may play a “central role” in record-breaking winters that have hit East Asia and North America, researchers from South Korea and the U.K. wrote in a study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.

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