Harsh winter 'not a sign of stalled warming'

Irish Times Weather Eye

THE PACE of global warming continues unabated, scientists have warned despite images of Europe crippled by a deep freeze and parts of the United States blasted by blizzards.

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"It's not warming the same everywhere but it is really quite challenging to find places that haven't warmed in the past 50 years," Australian climate scientist Neville Nicholls said.

"January . . . was the hottest January we've ever seen," said Prof Nicholls. "November to January as a whole is the hottest November to January the world has seen," he said.

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