Europe shivers, but world is allegedly getting hotter | Environment | Reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) - It might feel cold in Europe but the world is getting hotter and global warming remains a danger, the United Nations weather agency WMO said Friday.

"The Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, Michel Jarraud, has stressed that we mustn't confuse the current weather that we're seeing with global warming," WMO spokeswoman Gaelle Sevenier told a news briefing.

Temperatures have plunged to record lows in Germany and heavy snow brought Marseille in normally sunny southern France to a standstill Thursday. Switzerland was shivering under temperatures of below 0 Celsius for the eighth day in a row.