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The Year of Completely Bizarre, Downright Crazy Weather
December 26, 2011, 10:07 PM  This ski season seems to be defying
the laws of physics. When atmospheric temperatures are higher --
which they have been -- there should be more moisture in the
air, and that should mean more snow, not less. And yet, the ski
industry is in serious trouble this year due to an alarming lack
of snow. This translates into a lot of expensive (and
unsustainable) manmade snow, and very few trails are open at
many of the most popular ski resorts in the U.S. So what is
going on?  Scientists say we are experimenting with our planet,
and yet they currently lack the funding to properly study this
experiment. And so the public has been left to wildly speculate
about what is going on, and we are unable to come up with any
sort of solution to this pro