16th December - Today's News: White Christmas Increasingly Unlikely as Odds Fall

In parts of Scotland there's a 'stay at home' warning over ice on roads as bookies look set to make money on white christmas gambling - odds continue to fall (down to 7/4 for London!) despite there currently being little sign of snow even in the Highlands on the 25th .....  (though that may yet change)

60 million-year-old meteorite impact found on Skye

California fires: Sentinel satellite tracks wildfire smoke plume

One dead, thousands flee as storm pounds Philippines

 

Effects of climate change could accelerate by mid-century

Temperatures in Alaska warmed so rapidly this year that a computer rejected the data as false

And a real puzzle: If the Ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round, why do so many celebrities think it's FLAT?