27th February - Today's News: Record High Temperatures in Europe

Unseasonable European warmth smashes all-time February temperature records with an increase of 42C in a week: Germany records sharpest-ever temperature rise and spring arrives in southern Sweden with record-breaking temperatures

All this despite the fact that Gulf Stream System at its weakest in over a millennium

And not just war in Europe as Beijing soars to 78 degrees, its warmest winter temperature on record

Back when we still had snow, the A9 was hit by debris from avalanche

Italy landslide pushes hundreds of coffins into the sea

The USA's central states’ Arctic plunge: The historic cold snap and snow by the numbers

An Argentinian ‘tornado’ turns out to be towering swarm of mosquitos

Bushfires in south-west WA impacted by global trend of drying Mediterranean climates

End of Neanderthals linked to flip of Earth's magnetic poles, study suggests

Brunt Ice Shelf: Big iceberg calves near UK Antarctic base

And Nasa's Perseverance rover in 'great shape' after Mars landing

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