Extreme weather raises climate questions 

Record-low temperatures across the US Midwest and South have brought rolling blackouts affecting millions of Americans. On the other side of the Atlantic, people are out skating on Amsterdam’s frozen canals. And a once-in-a-decade snowfall saw a snowman on the Acropolis and kids in snowball fights in the streets of Athens, Greece. The World’s Environment Editor Carolyn Beeler has the latest.

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