Here you can see nice pictures and also the bargain Al Gore to hear that, of course global warming on a very extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere is to blame.
Incidentally, in Japan, China, across the Asian land mass, with the exception of Western Europe, including a large part of North America; and on the Mexican border in Ciudad Juarez, will be minus 15 degree night temperatures expected.
In northern China, up almost towards the subtropical east coast, ice and snow, in the West appears virtually ice-free only the Taklamakan, which, however, has a unique special climate.
Consider that we write only the beginning of the month of February such ice extent in the northern hemisphere - the yes from the fortieth degree of latitude relatively more land mass measured at sea against the higher latitudes of the southern hemisphere brings - readily to be breakout caused a while could lead self-reinforcing seasonal slowdown, with more ice and snow and low temperatures.
In particularly severe case could, what would be the most fatal, lead an extremely late, but then enormous, accompanied by rain snow melt not only to violent floods, but also to the fact that millions of square kilometers of the best farmland are so long under water, that in this year can not be managed.
Then the food is really expensive, because for clarification: On this Eisschiene There are the major grain exporters in the world.
But let's not the same as black or even Al Gore can see, the winter 83/84/85 I still icy in memory. (more ...)