The Canadian Press: Monaco's Prince Albert on Antarctic global warming mission

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile — Monaco's Prince Albert II was leaving behind the sunny shores of the Riviera for some of the planet's coldest reaches on Monday in a voyage to the South Pole to raise awareness about global warming.
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"This is one of the most sensitive regions in the world," Albert said, adding: "Everything happening at the South Pole, like the North Pole, has repercussions everywhere on the planet."

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Snow In London And South East As Cold Snap Continues Freezing Weather In Britain | UK News | Sky News

Thermometers will fall to -10C in parts of Scotland, and around -7C in southern England, as people head to work, causing havoc for millions of commuters.

And after another perishing night in the South, experts predict temperatures in the region will drop further to -8C or -9C tonight as an unusually large high pressure system continues to dominate the UK weather.

That is more than 10C below norms for this time of year, which are a degree or two above freezing.
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[Sky News weather presenter Francis Wilson] warned that the cold weather was more likely to bring frost and black ice than snow, with roads in Kent being particularly badly affected by slippery roads.

He added that this is the longest widespread cold snap the UK has seen for 13 years.

Planting Trees May Not Cancel Out Your Carbon Footprint

You can even plant the wrong kind of tree in the wrong place. Trees affect the reflectivity of the Earth and its ability to bounce some of the sun’s heat back into space. Covering large swatches of light ground with dark trees could lead to more heat being absorbed, boosting temperatures. Researchers Gregory Asner and his colleagues report that only trees planted in equatorial regions are likely to produce a net benefit. Those planted further away—especially in high latitudes where snow is common—are likely to lead to increased global warming. Also, non-native trees invading a rainforest can change its basic ecological structure, rendering it less hospitable to the myriad plant and animal species that depend on its resources.

Alan Zarembo, in a Los Angeles Times article, sums this up well, “Beneath feel-good simplicity of buying your way to carbon neutrality is a growing concern that the idea is more hype than solution.” And, from Nigel Lawson, “In many ways , it resembles nothing so much as the sale of indulgences by a medieval church. This is nowadays regarded as a reprehensible practice; but perhaps bearing in mind its 21st century equivalent, that is too harsh a verdict.”