The winter of 2009-2010

Freezing Europe

According to the official website of one of the biggest Romanian TV stations, Antena3, at the end of January, Romania was colder than Alaska, which is something, given the position of Alaska and its normal temperatures for this time of the year, and even colder than Norway and other cities found up, towards the North Pole. Great Britain has the coldest winter of the last 30 years and France, Germany, Poland, Albania, Netherlands, along with other European states, were all hit by heavy snow and unusual cold temperature... full story


By ROXANA CIUPARIU
from Bucharest, ROMANIA

Climate predictions

False alarm about mini Ice age
"Despite cool temperatures over most of the Arctic Ocean in January, Arctic sea ice extent continued to track below normal." This means that the alleged states about mini ice age are far from truth


By LJILJANA SAMARDŽIĆ
from Sombor, SERBIA



Freezing U.S.

Snowstorm paralyses Washington DC and eastern US
Some of the heaviest snow for decades has hit parts of the eastern US, paralysing air and road transport, and bringing Washington DC to a standstill


Story from BBC News
Published: February 6, 2010