Taken from the pages of Unknown Country....a website I check often that gives news related to the enviroment and to other things that most of the time the "mainstream news media" doesnt cover on their front pages......
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BLIZZARD in Hawaii25-Jan-2006
A vast arctic cold front has driven temperatures to record lows from Norway to Siberia and Japan, and has now brought snow to the slopes of Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii. Tourists from California who were climbing the volcano were almost stranded when the latest blizzard began. The park rangers who work there all say they have never seen snow this intense in Hawaii before. While snow is fairly common on Mauna Kea, blizzard conditions are rare.
Temperatures in Moscow have plunged to -35 last week, and the US northeast has been experienced heavy snowfall in recent days. Bitter cold has gripped northern India, and New Delhi has seen record lows, as has Greece, where the Acropolis is covered with snow. Hundreds have died worldwide, at least 53 in Ukraine alone.
Global climate change is well under way, with just the sort of extremes predicted by climate scientists. At present, the ferocious storm that is predicted in The Coming Global Superstorm is not immediately likely. For such a storm to develop, there must be an extraordinary spike in Arctic temperatures, followed by a sudden plunge. Greenhouse gas levels must rise even more before this is likely to happen, but they are increasing so quickly that it is likely to become a possibility within a matter of years.
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