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tag. Not something you see everyday — a snow-covered desert. The
Taklimakan Desert in western China, the country’s largest
desert, was covered with snow after a storm swept through the
area in late December 2012 and continued into early January (the
area also received snow in 2008). The cold wave hit different
parts of China including Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China and northeast China.
Could it be attributed to the melting of arctic sea ice pushing
colder weather south? This seems a question worth further
exploration. Clearly, extreme weather events of this kind are
not limited to certain geographic areas as last year’s cold snap
in Europe also demonstrated. References and Further Reading
Storm turns Taklimakan Desert White. Earth Observatory
Temperature continues to drop as cold snap lingers. Xinhua News
Agency China’s ice weather shatters records. Mother nature
network The cold wave that swept thr