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Re: amazing weather photo
Erik Krause 2010-Jan-09 23:44:00
Am 09.01.2010 12:07, schrieb DeVill:
> 1. England has a very different climate than most of Europe. Winters like
> this are totally abnormal there. Even if we look back a 100 years.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_the_United_Kingdom#Winter
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1991 is very famous because of the extreme cold and powdery snow that
fell, and 1979, 1981/82 and 1987 also had heavy snowfall...
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> 2. Global warming means a rise in the average temperature! In regions heated
> by the gulf stream (like England, and the most of western Europe) it can get
> way colder as the gulf stream slows due to melting polar ice caps.
From same article further down:
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Climate change
[...]
Central estimates produced by the Met Office predict average annual
temperature to increase by 2?C (4?F) and the warmest summer day to
increase by 3?C (6?F) by the 2050s.
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And by the way: Did you see the smiley in my previous post?
best regards
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Erik Krause
http://www.erik-krause.de