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Beijing gives frosty reception to man-made snowstorm Beijing (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 
Government scientists in Beijing have been pilloried for inducing a recent heavy snow fall that jammed traffic, delayed air travel and left city residents shivering, state media said Wednesday. Sunday's snowfall dropped more than 16 million tonnes of snow on the Chinese capital, blanketing a city where winter heating services have yet to be switched on and leading to howls of public protest ... read moreBeijing's first snow of season artificially induced: report 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 1, 2009Chinese meteorologists covered Beijing in snow Sunday after seeding clouds to bring winter weather to the capital in an effort to combat a lingering drought, state media reported. The unusually early snow blanketed the capital from Sunday morning and kept falling for half the day, helped by temperatures as low as minus 2 Celsius (29 Fahrenheit) and strong winds from the north, Xinhua news ag ... more
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Snow predicted for U.S. South this winter
State College, Pa. (UPI) Oct 14, 2009 Snow in North Carolina and a warm Olympics in British Columbia will characterize the winter, Accu-Weather meteorologist Joe Bastardi said in State College, Pa. Bastardi said the current El Nino will fade over the winter and not have as much impact as it generally does. Hit hardest by the winter will be the area from southern New England through the Appalachians and mid-Atlantic ... more Rise Of Oxygen Caused Earth's Earliest Ice Age 
College Park MD (SPX) May 11, 2009An international team of geologists may have uncovered the answer to an age-old question - an ice-age-old question, that is. It appears that Earth's earliest ice age may have been due to the rise of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere, which consumed atmospheric greenhouse gases and chilled the earth. Scientists from the University of Maryland, including post-doctoral fellows Boswell Wing and San ... more Southern Glaciers Grow Out Of Step With North 
New York NY (SPX) May 04, 2009The vast majority of the world's glaciers are retreating as the planet gets warmer. But a few, including ones south of the equator, in South America and New Zealand, are inching forward. A new study in the journal Science puts this enigma in perspective; for the last 7,000 years New Zealand's largest glaciers have often moved out of step with glaciers in the northern hemisphere, pointing ... more Blizzard dumps snow on flooded North Dakota 
Fargo, North Dakota (AFP) March 25, 2009A heavy blizzard dumped wet snow on volunteers rushing to fill sandbags and build temporary dikes to hold off rising flood waters in North Dakota Wednesday as officials prepared to use explosives to break up ice jams on swelling rivers. President Barack Obama issued a federal disaster declaration for 34 counties and two Indian reservations and the entire state was under a major flood warning ... more |
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Britain, Ireland gripped by fresh snowfalls
London (AFP) Feb 5, 2009 Heavy snowfalls disrupted planes, trains and roads in Britain and Ireland on Thursday, days after the biggest snow storms here in nearly 20 years left at least one person dead. Around 10 centimetres (four inches) of snow fell in south Wales, western and central England, Northern Ireland and to the north of London, after much of the country was brought to a virtual standstill on Monday and ... more Snow could cost British economy millions: experts 
London (AFP) Feb 3, 2009The snow storms which paralysed Britain may have cost businesses already battling the credit crunch up to a billion pounds, experts said Tuesday -- and more blizzards could be still on their way. The 10 centimetres (four inches) of snow which coated London, Europe's financial capital, Monday virtually shut down air, rail and road links, forcing thousands of workers to stay at home in the ... more Snow brings deaths and travel chaos to Europe
London (AFP) Feb 2, 2009Snow storms brought travel chaos to western Europe on Monday, grounding most flights at London-Heathrow airport after one jet slid off a taxiway and killing at least five people in storm incidents. Two climbers died on Mount Snowdown in Wales and three people were killed in accidents and from the cold in Italy. London lay under 10 centimetres (four inches) of snow, the most recorded in ... more Western Europe braces for heavy snowfalls 
London (AFP) Feb 1, 2009Forecasters warned of widespread snowfalls that would disrupt land and air travel in Western Europe on Monday, with Britain expected to see "more snow than in recent years". As a cold front sweeps through Britain, the weather service said London and southeast England could see five to 10 centimetres (two to four inches) of snow and as much as 15 centimetres of snowfall elsewhere. ... more |
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