Global Warmin

With the recent hot spell continuing, we have been asked

Is all this hot weather the result of global warming?

Jul 18th, 2006

2 lacklustre pieces of inspiration on “Global Warmin”

  1. Consultant K Says:
    July 18th, 2006 at 5:12 pm

    NO!

    Firstly, global warming should actually be called global climate change as it is likely that many parts of the world will chill while other do warm. From a UK perspective it is likely that it will be our winters that will warm more than summers while from a continental european perspective it is likely they will see warmer summers.

    Secondly this is still just a theory. Having said that so is evolution and unless you are from the US then we accept that as fact. If global climate change is going on, it is something that we will probably only prove completely when it is too late. We are looking at a very small sample compared to the number of years the planet has been about.

    Finally. Extremes are natural.

    Though it is likely that we cannot prove climate change is going on, the cost of not acting is far greater than the cost of acting now. Think where the majority of our refineries, nuclear power stations, effluent works and houses are. A 1m rise in sea levels would consume most of these and the cost of moving these is almost incalcuable. Take the precausionary principle on this one!

  2. Consultant G Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 1:14 pm

    The uncertainty in the potential changes in the climate is so great that predicting what will happen where is not possible with a great degree of certainty. However, what is generally agreed on is that there will be more energy in the worlds weather, causing more extreme weather events, such as an increase in the number of tropical storms. It is not possible to predicte that there will be longer, hoitter, drier summers across Europe.

    However, as Consultant K said, it is better to be cautious, and take action now to reduce the potential effects of global climate change.

    For more information, visit the Tyndall web site: http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/

    It is not very user freindly, but an excellent source of rational, unbiased, honest information

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