*Ø* Blogmanac | Spring is sprung, part 2

The first real warm day of the season today, unfortunately marred by hot winds and bushfire smoke. It's hot for this early in spring. The global warming skeptics should visit Australia sometime.

Updated: 12:00 PM EST on September 12, 2003
Observed at Coffs Harbour, Australia
Temperature 83 °F / 28 °C
Humidity 31%
Dew Point 50 °F / 10 °C
Wind West at 12 mph / 19.3 km/h
Wind Gust -
Pressure 29.71 in / 1006 hPa
Conditions Smoke
Visibility 5 miles / 8 kilometers
UV 7
Source: Weather Underground

Snows of Kilimanjaro, no more: Global warming blamed
Another good place for the skeptics, of course, is ... any place on earth. Glaciers in Norway are melting, the Arctic ice is getting mushy, and two years ago half of the world's coral reefs died due to incresed ocean temperatures. We've all heard of the "Snows of Kilimanjaro". Well, they've gone. It's mainly rocks on the summit of Kilimanjaro now. Seen at left, how the majestic Tanzanian mountain as she was in 1854, and at right, as she is today.


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