60 In Vienna, 59 In Rome, 62 In Bulgaria - World Cup Ski Courses Closed To Avoid Turf Damage

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Experts told Austrian allergy-sufferers yesterday that some species of trees are already flowering and about to release pollen, an annual phenomenon that's usually not a problem until well into spring.

In the Swiss and Austrian Alps, World Cup ski race organizers canceled training runs to avoid chewing up grassy ski runs, short of snow and already damaged by rain.

Waiters in Vienna, where the mercury rose to 60 degrees, just edging out Rome's 59 degrees, put tables and chairs back out on the sidewalks. Bulgarians basked in the sun on balmy 62-degree Black Sea beaches.

Roses bloomed in eastern France. In the Netherlands, crocuses started sprouting and birds began nesting. And in Sweden, bears were finally hibernating, two months late, after the weather played havoc with their biological clocks.

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http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/world/16432770.htm

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1. But there is no evidence

of climate change and global warming according to our Fearless Leader.