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Photos from Scott Base, where our wintry blast originated!
This week WeatherWatch.co.nz reported that the cold blast over New Zealand was originating from Antarctica – in fact from Scott…
NZ in Google’s eyes
New Zealand has reached for the sky, backing Google’s extraordinary plan to encircle the Earth with helium-filled balloons beaming internet…
UK – Forecasters meet over blimey average weather
Washout summers. Flash floods. Freezing winters. Snow in May. Droughts. There is a growing sense that something is happening to…
UK – Summer about to go backwards
Britain’s brief period of fine weather is over, as forecasters predict unsettled, wet and windy conditions for at least the…
Everest sees snow & ice loss
New research shows that glaciers in the Mount Everest region have shrunk by 13 percent over the past 50 years….
US – New York facing big climate changes
The projections paint an unsettling picture of New York’s future: a city where by the 2050s, 800,000 people could be…
Europe – Flooding could become common
As the Danube River reaches record high levels and thousands flee Europe’s worst flooding in more than a decade, scientists…
VIDEO – Chasers to blame or media?
Last week we saw four storm chasers perish in an Oklahoma tornado and The Weather Channel in the US put…
US – Fire seasons now much longer
America’s wildfire season lasts two months longer than it did 40 years ago and burns up twice as much land…
Tropical storm Andrea hits Florida
Heavy rain was pouring across much of Florida overnight as the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season headed…
