28th February - Today's News: Record Wet in UK; Record Dry in Qld

As expected, Met Office confirms wettest winter on record for UK

Northern lights illuminate UK - nothing seen from Evesham town though 

Spring frost fears after mild winter in France

In NSW heavy rain sparks flash flooding in Newcastle and the Hunter region

Meanwhile in Qld, record dry conditions in Brisbane and southeast as bleak autumn looms though, ironically, in the interior, evacuation alert as Mount Isa region hit by flooding

Drought hits southeast Asia

Scientists liken Chinese smog to 'nuclear winter'

Offshore windfarms could tame hurricanes before they reach land .... according to a computer simulation that is, and assuming there are thousands of them coincidently in the hurricane's path.

NASA launches game-changing satellite for global precipitation monitoring

Now this sounds rather wierd at first, but it does make sense: smell of forest pine can limit climate change - the scent turns into aerosols which in turn reflect sunlight back into space.   So all we need do to combat AGW is cover the planet in pinewoods!

More evidence that the 'pause' is illusionary, there's been no warming hiatus for extreme hot temperatures

And another 'ice free' prediction, this time in the south where big thaw projected for Antarctic sea ice