Oymyakon in Siberia is the coldest permanently inhabited town on Earth. In 1964 they recorded a temperature of -71?C (-96?F).
Eaten alive
Eaten alive Scientists warn that higher temperatures in Alaska
are enabling pests such as caterpillars and beetles to ravage the
forests. In the past 5 years, budworm caterpillars have been
munching their way through 40,000 hectares of Alaska’s
forests, and the spruce bark beetle has killed 1.3 million hectares
of sitka/white spruce hybrids. Numbers of the caterpillars and
beetles have been found to rise after warmer years and these
insects, along with forest fires, pose a serious threat to the
world’s northern forests. 18 JULY 1998, P. 12
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