<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><h2 id="gmail-:2gx" class="gmail-hP" tabindex="-1" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:1.375rem;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)">A possibly related science article on episodes of increased cold and/or snow in the Northern Hemisphere linked to anthropogenic global warming was posted to Vision2020 in 2012, as shown below.  However, winters are not getting colder in total on average:</h2><h2 id="gmail-:2gx" class="gmail-hP" tabindex="-1" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:1.375rem;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-ajC" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><tbody><tr class="gmail-UszGxc gmail-ajv"><td colspan="2" tabindex="0" class="gmail-gL" style="padding:2px 0px"><span class="gmail-gI"><span class="gmail-qu" role="gridcell" tabindex="-1" style="outline:none"><span name="Ted Moffett" class="gmail-gD">Ted Moffett</span> <span class="gmail-go"><span aria-hidden="true"><</span><a href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">starbliss@gmail.com</a><span aria-hidden="true">></span></span></span></span></td></tr><tr class="gmail-ajv"></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-ajC" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><tbody><tr class="gmail-ajv"><td colspan="2" tabindex="0" class="gmail-gL" style="padding:2px 0px"><span class="gmail-gI"><span>Moscow Vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>></span><br></span></td></tr><tr class="gmail-ajv"></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-ajC" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><tbody><tr class="gmail-ajv"><td colspan="2" tabindex="0" class="gmail-gL" style="padding:2px 0px"><span class="gmail-gI">Mar 8, 2012, 10:55 AM</span></td></tr><tr class="gmail-ajv"></tr></tbody></table><div class="gmail-panel-pane gmail-pane-highwire-article-citation" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:2rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><div class="gmail-pane-content" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-highwire-article-citation gmail-highwire-citation-type-highwire-article gmail-node558388" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-highwire-cite gmail-highwire-cite-highwire-article gmail-highwire-citation-pnas-article-title-complete gmail-clearfix gmail-has-author-tooltip gmail-highwire-citation-highwire-article-top-a" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-meta-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.2rem;line-height:1.8rem"><span class="gmail-highwire-cite-metadata-journal gmail-highwire-cite-metadata" style="box-sizing:border-box"><br></span></div><div class="gmail-meta-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.2rem;line-height:1.8rem"><span class="gmail-highwire-cite-metadata-journal gmail-highwire-cite-metadata" style="box-sizing:border-box">PNAS </span><span class="gmail-highwire-cite-metadata-papdate gmail-highwire-cite-metadata" style="box-sizing:border-box">first published February 27, 2012; </span><span class="gmail-highwire-cite-metadata-doi gmail-highwire-cite-metadata" style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1114910109" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(0,90,150);outline:0px">https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1114910109</a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-panel-separator" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"></div><div class="gmail-panel-pane gmail-pane-highwire-markup gmail-article-citation-contributors" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.2rem;line-height:1.8rem;margin-bottom:2rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><div class="gmail-pane-content" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-highwire-markup" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-content-block-markup" style="box-sizing:border-box"><ol class="gmail-fn-track" style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><li class="gmail-fn-edited-by" id="gmail-fn-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;list-style:n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