The satellite below shows a great deal more turbulence in the troposphere than the satellite above. The reason for that is the fact the USA contributes 25%, a full one fourth, the majority, of the human produced Carbon Dioxide on Earth. The source will have a denser concentration over it's land than a non-source. That does not diminish the ultimate impact globally but it does create the INTENSITY of destruction in the immediate severity of the storms of Global Warming which has lead to Climate Change.
In the satellite below the South American picture is far gloomier than it's African counter part. The reason for that and why the Antarctica Vortex periphery reaches up to the equator over South America is due to AGAIN the CO2 concentration over the highest polluter on Earth. The carbon dioxide 'dump' from the continental USA creates high heat concentration along it's east coast. That in turn matches the heat index of equatorial Western Hemisphere. As a consequence the two air masses intermingle in it's identical heat index and consequently causes a larger CO2 load over the Amazon Rain Forest; along with the reality the rain forest, due to it's nature already has a naturally high CO2 level.
One might say this is a hideous idea, however, when comparing the jungles of Africa which sometimes exhibit higher than normal temperature indexes due to it's nature to 'suck up' CO2 there is NOT the same turbulence of both hemispheres, especially noted today.
The African satellite today in the Southern Hemisphere does not come close to the heat contribution to Antarctica of that of South America today.
The USA 'MUST' rein in it's use of carbon dioxide pollution otherwise such concentration will continue to cause 'acute' problems regardless of the quiet atmospheres of all other efforts of the countries of Earth. As other countries continue to make efforts to bring the Global levels of carbon dioxide down it becomes more and more evident there needs to be a United Nation's Mandate to all countries to achieve 1990 levels and not just the humanitarian countries of Kyoto.