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, 18:24, June 16, 20231868 england supposedly having milder winters
== Snow decline ==
== Snow decline ==
*In 1868, English newspapers noted a stark lack of long-continued frosts compared to the late 18th and early 19th centuries.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1868-12-19 |title=Is Our Climate Changing? |pages=5 |work=Liverpool Mercury, etc. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/liverpool-mercury-etc-1868-climate-cha/33912708/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref> Nearly 100 years later, in 1962 (which should've possessed an extra-mild winter compared to the standards of these journalists), saw one of the harshest winters in English history, which included snowdrifts over 20 feet dee and temperatures in Scotland below -20 degrees Celcius. Additionally, the river [[Thames]] froze over in Oxford, being sold cold that one car drove over it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winters of discontent: 6 of the worst winters in British history |url=https://www.history.co.uk/articles/winters-of-discontent-6-of-the-worst-winters-in-british-history |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Sky HISTORY TV channel |language=en}}</ref>
*In 2000, climatologist David Viner stated that snowfall could become a thing of the past.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-10 |title=Steve Connor: Don't believe the hype over climate headlines |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/steve-connor-don-t-believe-the-hype-over-climate-headlines-2180195.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Onians |first=Charles |date=2015-09-12 |title=Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past - Environment - The Independent |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912124604/http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/snowfalls-are-now-just-a-thing-of-the-past-724017.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=The Independent}}</ref>
*In 2000, climatologist David Viner stated that snowfall could become a thing of the past.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-10 |title=Steve Connor: Don't believe the hype over climate headlines |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/steve-connor-don-t-believe-the-hype-over-climate-headlines-2180195.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Onians |first=Charles |date=2015-09-12 |title=Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past - Environment - The Independent |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912124604/http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/snowfalls-are-now-just-a-thing-of-the-past-724017.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=The Independent}}</ref>
*In 2000, Mojib Latif of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology says that “Winters with strong frost and lots of snow like we had 20 years ago will cease to exist at our latitudes.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watts |first=Anthony |date=2014-04-02 |title=The big list of failed climate predictions • Watts Up With That? |url=https://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/04/02/the-big-list-of-failed-climate-predictions/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=wattsupwiththat.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*In 2000, Mojib Latif of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology says that “Winters with strong frost and lots of snow like we had 20 years ago will cease to exist at our latitudes.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watts |first=Anthony |date=2014-04-02 |title=The big list of failed climate predictions • Watts Up With That? |url=https://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/04/02/the-big-list-of-failed-climate-predictions/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=wattsupwiththat.com |language=en-US}}</ref>