We keep hearing scientists tell us that climate change due to anthropogenic factors will, at times, increase the amount of snowfall in places, so we’d thought we’d show you how the gathered global elite in Davos are dealing with our warming planet.
1. There’s a lot of snow:
Heavy snow humbles the global elite at Davos summit https://t.co/IZqbSucHsZ pic.twitter.com/tZyQWsAh9C
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 23, 2018
2. 14 feet of snow to be precise:
https://twitter.com/spettypi/status/956514282547662848
3. It turns out that global warming makes for some really beautiful photos:
https://twitter.com/spettypi/status/956477425659113473
4. But global warming does present challenges, especially for pilots:
The Photos Of Marine One Touching Down In Davos Are UNREALhttps://t.co/oOt7C1Ja2n pic.twitter.com/XvCMFEuwtw
— Ford Springer (@Ford_Springer) January 25, 2018
5. Thankfully, President Trump has really good pilots who are able to land Marine One in any weather condition. Or is it a climate condition? We get confused:
Donald Trump has arrived in Davos. Here's what we've learned at #WEF18 so far on Thursday https://t.co/usA2YNIW5o pic.twitter.com/LfMLQX9tg4
— Bloomberg (@business) January 25, 2018
6. Here’s another shot of Marine One behind a giant snow drift:
https://twitter.com/spettypi/status/956476690074660864
7. Global warming also means making sure you have heavy machinery on hand, like the green excavator on top of the giant snow drift below:
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/956538122925469696
8. The press is getting a close-up view of the snow just in case they couldn’t see it everywhere else:
https://twitter.com/spettypi/status/956543009205706752
9. Another postcard shot!
TRUMP THURSDAY in DAVOS:
—arrives 8:40a ET at World Economic Forum
—bilateral mtg with United Kingdom
—bilat with Israel
—meets with Klaus Schwab, WEF founder
—reception for CEOs and foreign dignitaries
—dinner with European business leaders.
https://t.co/goXshf2bYz?amp=1 pic.twitter.com/fjp9MoTe37— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 25, 2018
10. And finally, the saddest man in Davos for some reason:
When you show up at Davos to warn about global warming and there is 14 ft of snow pic.twitter.com/xyiAATmU88
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) January 24, 2018
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Related:
In Davos, Al Gore prays (to Gaia?) for a new president in 2020 who will accept the Paris Climate Agreement https://t.co/l8iaXaiWcV
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 25, 2018
'Paranoid nonsense': Rachel Maddow uncovers the *REAL* reason Donald Trump is in Davos https://t.co/dqHHS3QVhM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 25, 2018
SAD! UK Prime Minister Theresa May spoke to 'half-empty room' as crowd 'rushed' to hear @RealDonaldTrump https://t.co/RhFcQ8NS3i
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 25, 2018
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