Beijing temps hit 30-year high
BEIJING, China (AP) -- The weather in China's capital has been unseasonably warm with temperatures hitting a 30-year high, state media said Tuesday amid concern over the country's soaring greenhouse-gas emissions.
China, already the world's largest producer and consumer of coal, is expected to surpass the United States as the world's largest greenhouse-gas emitter in the next decade.
The China Daily newspaper said Beijing's temperature hit 12.8 degrees Celsius on Saturday -- a 30-year high for the date -- prompting an early spring, with frozen lakes melting and trees blooming...
And according to my trustworthy sources (or source, ie Andrea) in Shanghai, the weather there appears to have been above 20 degrees for the past few days. People walking around in their shorts and t-shirts, she says!Forget the fact that it's caused by destructive energy sources, I have something to look forward to!
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posted by Stephanie at
2:22 AM
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Yup, I'm in Suzhou (45-minutes west of Shanghai) and it's been warm here the last week or so. Cooled off today though and looks to be slowly shrinking back to chilly weather again. :-(
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