It's spring, but winter won't quit - Weather - NZ Herald News

The extreme cold hit Manawatu, with snow falling in Dannevirke, Woodville and Norsewood. The region also had heavy rain and temperatures down to 3C.

Blogs For Victory » Blog Archive » Why is Global Warming “Ending”?

Mostly ignored in the whole global warming debate is that large, hot, yellow thing which hangs in the sky from dawn until dusk. Global warming enthusiasts have launched a host of reasons for rising global temperatures, and even more excuses for why temperatures have been flat or declining for about ten years now - and all these discussions have ignored the sun. Well, the sun is checking in - and after a period of high activity, we’ve been heading in to a period of low activity. Amazing the way that works, huh?

[It's your DVD player's fault]: Flash Floods in Turkey Signals Global Warming Is Rearing Head In Middle East Region | Green Prophet

Some of these floods have been so bad that many are saying that they are the worst in years, with the heaviest rains in more than eight decades falling in and near Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul.

Fanged frog among animals endangered by climate change - Telegraph

Heather Sohl, of WWF-UK, said: ''It is great news that science is uncovering exciting and unusual new species like the fanged frog and the leopard gecko, but it is very worrying that no sooner do we find a new species, than we have to sound the alarm over their prospects for survival.
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Scientists said there is so much wildlife that some of last year's discoveries - such as the tiger-striped pitviper - were made entirely by accident by researchers exploring the region which spans Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam and the south western Chinese province of Yunnan.