Artic chills all over Europe

The change in weather patterns all over Europe and the oil disputes between Russia and Ukraine have left most of Europe under a blanket of chilly cold wave. Even though the weather is quite cold, scientists are saying that global warming is still present and this is just a trend due to global warming. Get the full story here.


Also if you interested about the gas pipeline across Europe and how it has affected the people get the story here.

Europe's pollution hotspots shown

Dutch scientists are mapping pollution hotspots around Europe and rest of the world. Read this article to know more
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4512464.stm

Rare tornado hits Hambug,Germany

A tornado in germany. When i saw the news i was just shocked. The climate is acting very mysteriously. Although this is not the first time. In june 2004 there was another tornado which took out electricity in eastern germany. Anyway this tornado also killed two people.
What else can i say? To know more go to
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27781549.htm

Europe warmed by water vapour feedback

"Swiss scientists say Europe's recent rapid temperature increase is likely due to an unexpected greenhouse gas: water vapour. Researchers at the World Radiation Centre in Davos, Switzerland, say elevated surface temperatures caused by other greenhouse gases have enhanced water evapouration and contributed to a cycle that stimulates further surface temperature increases. The scientists say their findings might help answer a long debated Earth science question about whether the water cycle could strongly enhance greenhouse warming. The Swiss researchers examined surface radiation measurements from 1995 to 2002 over the Alps in Central Europe and found strongly increasing total surface absorbed radiation, concurrent with rapidly increasing temperatures. The authors, led by Rolf Philipona of the World Radiation Centre, show experimentally that 70 percent of the rapid temperature increase is likely due to water vapour feedback. They indicate the remaining 30 percent is likely due to manmade greenhouse gases. They suggest their obseravations indicate Europe is experiencing an increasing greenhouse effect and the dominant part of the rising heat emitted from the Earth's atmosphere(longwave radiation) is due to water vapour increase."

I got this article from a weekly magazine and i thought it would be interesting if i shared it with every1 cause after all it is relating to global warming. Anyway special thanks to the writer who wrote this article.