According to the article, blizzards will become more frequent and powerful due to climate change. Which paragraph BEST supports the idea outlined above?

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A blizzard is a dangerous type of winter storm characterized by strong winds, snow and reduced visibility. Blizzards form when snow falls in windy conditions or when snow is lifted from the ground by strong winds. Some blizzards can cause whiteout conditions where it is impossible to tell the sky from the ground.

Weather and climate are two different things. Weather refers to short-term conditions in the atmosphere in terms of humidity, precipitation, temperature, wind velocity and atmospheric pressure. It could be rainy, sunny, windy or snowing, for example. Climate, on the other hand, is a long-term average of weather patterns. Climate is usually measured over a period of 30 years or more.

Scientists predict climate change could make blizzards more intense. A warmer atmosphere holds more moisture. This moisture eventually falls as precipitation, either as rain when temperatures are warm, or snow when temperatures are below freezing. This results in more frequent and intense storms. Sea temperatures are also on the rise, which increases the amount of energy and moisture available to storms, thus increasing their severity.

Sea ice in the Arctic has been steadily declining. Melting sea ice adds to the effects of global warming in the Arctic. Sunlight usually gets reflected by the ice, but because there is less ice, sunlight gets absorbed by the newly exposed, dark ocean water instead. The sunlight warms the sea surface, which melts more sea ice, and so on. As a result, the Arctic is warming about twice as fast as the rest of the world. It is known as Arctic amplification. This influences weather patterns in other parts of the world.