Al Gore won't be happy about this development. With record cold temperatures in January and February, brutal winters in China and elsewhere, and North America, Siberia, Mongolia and China covered with more snow than at any time in the last 40 years, some are warning the planet could be headed for a new Ice Age. The above photo (credit: National Geographic) shows a stranded ship on the banks of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, China, last month. China has experienced deadly snow storms that have killed over a hundred people and stranded hundreds of thousands of people.