- The freezing conditions that have blasted Britain are being blamed on a series of weather patterns that are bringing Arctic temperatures to much of western Europe, California and even Australia.
One of the main factors is a change in the position of the jet stream - the fast-moving current of air that moves from west to east, high in the atmosphere. Full story:* VIDEO: Ohio lighthouse covered in ice... VIDEO: URGENT - BRITAIN TO FREEZE DUE TO DEATH OF THE GULF STREAM... The day the Earth froze: An hour-long storm started a mini ice age, say scientists... Coldest winter in 1,000 years on its way...White House solves the problem of global warming overnight... by officially changing the phrase to 'global climate disruption'...FOXNews: 30 Years of Global Cooling Are Coming, Leading Scientist Says...National Geographic (December 24, 2009):North Magnetic Pole Moving East Due to Core Flux...PENTAGON: GLOBAL WARMING might suddenly trigger a massive GLOBAL COOLING...THE PENTAGON WARNS CLIMATE CHANGE WILL BRING GLOBAL CATASTROPHE... Now the PENTAGON TELLS BUSH (Guardian.co.uk., 22 February 2004): climate change will destroy us... BRITAIN WILL BE 'SIBERIAN' in less than 20 years: