"Arctic air and record snow falls gripped the northern hemisphere today, inflicting hardship and havoc from China, across Russia to Western Europe and over the US plains.
There were few precedents for the global sweep of extreme cold and ice that killed dozens in India, paralysed life in Beijing and threatened the Florida orange crop."
Plus, I would like to add that yesterday's Prime Hook Christmas Bird Count was one of the coldest/harshest bird counts I have ever participated in. Why is this happening and how does it relate to global warming predictions?
I certainly don't know, but I will see what I can learn, such as from the first comment to the linked article: "Yeah well it's 36C (97F) down under here in Melbourne Australia and my air con is at full blast. Serves you all right for living on the wrong side of the Earth!".......i.e. what's happening in half the globe, does not necessarily represent the whole globe.
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Monday, January 4, 2010
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Looks like Australia is really heating up, so perhaps the arctic freeze is indeed being offset below the equator.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/heatwave-shows-need-for-carbon-deal-garrett-20100105-lses.html
Since above 1st comment link did not seem to work, try http://tinyurl.com/ybhn4p9
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