Buenos Aires: Coldest day of the year brings about snow in several provinces

What the SMN national weather service had forecasted finally was proved right: today has been the coldest day of the year so far, with extreme low temperatures reaching below zero levels in several provinces and bringing about blankets of snow in several provinces such as Jujuy and Salta.

In Buenos Aires city, the polar wave impacted on the wind chill factor, which dipped to -2.5C°.

Giant Ice Sculpture to be Unveiled Outside U.S. Senate

Youth groups and climate experts highlight melting of mis-information campaign by climate deniers

Washington — With record-breaking temperatures along the East Coast and multiple investigations clearing scientists involved with the stolen “Climategate” emails, the coordinated smears campaign by climate deniers is melting away. As the Senate decides what to do about global warming, come see the giant ice sculpture and watch the lies of the climate deniers melt before your very eyes.
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SPEAKERS: Benton Strong, Consequence
Dan Lashof, Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council
Brenda Ekwurzel, Climate Research and Analysis, Union of Concerned Scientists
US Senators (TBA)

1. How do we know that this ice at this spot wouldn't have melted just as fast on this date in 1810, 1010, or 4,010 BC?

2. Was the ice produced and transported using fossil energy?

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As senators and lobbyists met behind closed doors, some environmental groups placed an ice sculpture outside the Senate. The three-tiered piece depicting a globe over the words "climate deniers" rapidly melted in the Washington heat.

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Dan Lashof, Director of NRDC’s Climate Center, told the crowd: “We are facing our last, best chance to prevent a meltdown of the environmental systems upon which all of us depend.”

1. How many people showed up at this event? Judging from the quiet "crowd", the always-tight camera angle that showed only a handful of people, and the sparse clapping, it was very poorly attended.

2. The above announcement suggested that Senators were supposed to speak. If any showed up, where are the videos?