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Snowstorm brings new misery for Syria refugees

Dec 12, 2013 (AFP)

Syrian refugee Faisal looks down at the muddy floor of his tent in a field in eastern Lebanon as it is battered by a snowstorm. "I'd rather die a million times ...

Winter storm pummels Mideast, adding to refugee misery

Dec 12, 2013 (AFP)

A bruising winter storm brought severe weather to the Middle East Thursday, forcing the closure of roads and schools and blanketing already miserable Syrian ref...

Snow cancels flights, hobbles federal govt in northeast US

Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)

Snowfall in the northeastern United States caused flight cancellations and airport delays Tuesday while federal government offices and schools closed due to the...

US snow, ice storm cancels hundreds of flights

Dec 09, 2013 (AFP)

A huge snow and ice storm on Monday forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights and sparked major delays at airports in the northeastern United States and Te...

First season snow blankets Canada's capital

Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)

The first major snowstorm of the winter season blanketed Canada's capital on Wednesday, dropping a whopping 24 centimeters (0.79 ft) of the white stuff in 12 ho...

Winter storm kills 13 in US, threatens holiday travel

Nov 25, 2013 (AFP)

A major winter storm that has dumped freezing rain and snow in the US southwest has killed at least 13 people in five states, US media reported. The storm is ex...

France snowfall brings joy to ski lovers, chaos elsewhere

Nov 21, 2013 (AFP)

More than 10 French ski resorts will briefly open several weeks earlier than planned, taking advantage of abundant snowfall that has thrilled ski lovers but thr...

Snow melts faster under trees than in open areas in mild climates

Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)

It's a foggy fall morning, and University of Washington researcher Susan Dickerson-Lange pokes her index finger into the damp soil beneath a canopy of second-gr...

Four dead as NE China hit by massive snowstorm

Nov 19, 2013 (AFP)

Northeastern China's biggest city of Harbin has been pummelled by its worst snowstorm for 50 years, state media said Tuesday. More than 50,000 people were mobil...

Police detain environment activist in Sochi

Oct 31, 2013 (AFP)

Police in Russia's Sochi on Thursday briefly detained a prominent environmental activist critical of Olympic development in the city, accusing him of slandering...

Uncovering the tricks of nature's ice-seeding bacteria

Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)

ke the Marvel Comics superhero Iceman, some bacteria have harnessed frozen water as a weapon. Species such as Pseudomonas syringae have special proteins embedde...

Switzerland to show Chinese the thrill of the slopes

Oct 28, 2013 (AFP)

Winter in Europe wouldn't be winter without a bit of skiing, and this year Switzerland has its sights set on attracting a whole new group of amateur skiers to i...

Global warming threatens Sweden's highest peak: researcher

Sep 13, 2013 (AFP)

Sweden's highest peak risks losing its title as rising temperatures have eaten away at the glacier that forms the top of the mountain, a researcher said Friday....

At least five dead in South America cold snap

Aug 28, 2013 (AFP)

At least five people have died due to a cold snap in South America, which has also killed thousands of cattle and damaged crops, authorities said Wednesday. In ...

Cold snap leaves three dead in Paraguay

Jul 25, 2013 (AFP)

Three people have died from hypothermia in Paraguay as frigid temperatures have dipped to between 0 and 10 degrees Celsius (32 to 50 degrees Farenheit), police ...

Britain 'faces decade of bad weather'

Jun 19, 2013 (AFP)

Britain was set to enjoy its hottest day of the year so far on Wednesday but woke up to the gloomy news that it could be in the middle of a decade-long bad weat...

UCLA climate study predicts dramatic loss in local snowfall

Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)

By midcentury, snowfall on Los Angeles-area mountains will be 30 to 40 percent less than it was at the end of the 20th century, according to a UCLA study releas...

European winter weather harder to forecast in certain years

May 17, 2013 (SPX)

forecasters have a tougher job predicting winter conditions over Europe in some years over others, concludes a new study carried out by the National Oceanograph...

Warmer springs causing loss of snow cover throughout the Rocky Mountains

May 16, 2013 (SPX)

Warmer spring temperatures since 1980 are causing an estimated 20 percent loss of snow cover across the Rocky Mountains of western North America, according to a...

Decline in snow cover spells trouble for many plants, animals

May 10, 2013 (SPX)

For plants and animals forced to tough out harsh winter weather, the coverlet of snow that blankets the north country is a refuge, a stable beneath-the-snow hab...