Everyone was totally shocked. It seems to have been an administrative deecision that had little to do with the game - like other stuff lately. bu twho knows - the future may heal all rifts. Just don't hold your breath
psh, how can the future heal a rift like that besides putting a big sign at the beging of the next game that takes place in Tamriel that reads:
"Sory for your inconviniance and confusion. Cyrodil is really full of rain forest its just that the Devs found it easyer to fill it with prairies and forests instead of a whole lot of odd looking plants and trees. We have desided to explain this by disideing that Cyrodul went through a one year ice age. Well glad we straightened that out. Thank you, come again."