Q&A: What's behind the UK's freezing weather? | UK news | guardian.co.uk

How unusual is the cold spell?

If these plunging temperatures continue till the end of the month, this December could be the coldest in the Met Office's records, which date back to 1910.

If the world is warming due to climate change, why have we had three cold winters in a row?

CAPITAL CULTURE: What's in and out in DC - CNBC

OUT: Cap and trade. Obama backs away from his plan to control global warming by placing a ceiling on greenhouse gases.

Churchill, Canada: watching polar bears in Hudson Bay - Telegraph

It's a long day on the Tundra Buggy but it's never boring. Just when you think you've run out of bears, you turn the corner and there's the next lot. This runs contrary to my expectations – I thought I might only see one or two bears but my tally totals more than 50.

If you hope to see Churchill's polar bears, though, don't leave it too late: scientists estimate that there will only be a handful left by 2035.

CNN Forecasts The Demise Of Skiing In Europe | Real Science

Maybe in 20 years there is no Alpine skiing anymore, no low ski resort anymore, so what we do is we diversify.