FLASHBACK - Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past
Reposted from: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/snowfalls-are-now-just-a-thing-of-the-past-724017.html
October 31, 2011 @ 9:49 am
However, the warming is so far manifesting itself more in winters which are less cold than in much hotter summers. According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia,within a few years winter snowfall will become "a very rare and exciting event".
"Children just aren't going to know what snow is," he said.