The snowfall in Scotland this past winter proves that the term "global warming" may be misleading. Just last week, the Times Online said that ski hills in the area would be open later this year because of the abundance of snow. Skiers are saying the conditions are better than they have been in roughly a decade. Iceland, Scandinavia and the Alps have also had record snowfalls this year, as did the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. which also experienced the coldest temperatures ever recorded for the month of March. Baghdad even got a taste of the white stuff, a first-time occurrence in the area.

So does all of this snow indicate that the doom-and-gloom global warming scenario Al Gore has been talking about isn't as bad as its been made out to be?

Not necessarily, say experts. Many areas in Europe including Berlin, Lyon and Stockholm, experienced unseasonably warm winters with higher temperatures than typical and climatologists also said that land-surface temperatures were warmer in March than they ever have been.

The reason for the weather discrepancy is credited to the warmer atmosphere, which means there is more energy in storm systems that generates greater quantities of snow. Therefore it seems "climate change" truly is the more accurate description for the change in weather patterns to avoid confusion of trying to reconcile heavy snowfalls with the idea of a warming planet.

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