It's frightening how much the climate in my native Poland has changed over the past 20 years. I'm basically living in another country than I was as a child.

This is like the 8th year in a row or so when early March is so warm that plants begin waking up early, only to be absolutely massacred by freezing temperatures later in the month. 8 years ago it was a crisis, today it's just a standard occurrence. A standard occurrence that kills a huge amount of crops and native plant life, that is.

And this was the most "normal" winter in the past decade or so too. For some of past years the entire winter except for a patch in February was basically wet 5°C (41°F) muddy nightmare. (Remember we're talking about Poland where -20°C (-4°F) temperatures were common in the winter, with -30°C (-22°F) not that rare either.)

I legitimately fear what will it become over the next decade. And feel bad for the children born today who might never experience the thrill of a snowy winter wonderland without leaving the country.