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Early 2007 Saw Record-Breaking Extreme Weather

August 9, 2007 – 3:15 am

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Early 2007 Saw Record-Breaking Extreme Weather
By Laura McInnis, Reuters, August 7, 2007
“The world experienced a series of record-breaking weather events in early 2007, from flooding in Asia to heatwaves in Europe and snowfall in South Africa, the United Nations weather agency said on Tuesday. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said global land surface [...]

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Freak Winter is Europe’s Warmest for 700 Years.

June 24, 2007 – 12:38 pm

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Freak Winter is Europe’s Warmest for 700 Years. By Catherine Brahic, NewScientist.com, June 20, 2007. “Last autumn-winter season was Europe’s warmest for more than 700 years, researchers say. The last time Europeans saw similar temperatures to the autumn and winter of 2006-07, they were eating strawberries at Christmas in 1289, according to Jürg [...]

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