Make no mistake our, and the world's climate is going through a dramatic change for whatever reason!
Oh dear, oh dear.
The world's climate
always changes. The atmosphere is chaotic. The climate follows trends and cycles, largely solar and oceanic.
But, have there been more hurricanes?
No.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/03/12/global-hurricane-activity-has-decreased-to-the-lowest-level-in-30-years/Have there been more droughts?
No.
"...recently, a study of the droughts during the latter half of the 20th century showed that “the mid-1950s showed the highest drought activity and the mid-1970s to mid-1980s the lowest activity.”http://www.co2science.org/articles/V12/N30/C1.php The average temperatures over the last ten years for the UK HAVE risen to the highest levels since records began.
Three points: First of all, there is ample evidence to show that temperature data has been manipulated.
Second: Even taking the figures published, daytime maxima have not risen, but night-time maxima have. The reason? Almost certainly due to urbanisation. Tarmac and concrete absorb solar radiation during the day and expel it at night (like storage heaters). Third: the phrase "since records began" gives the game away. For how long have temperatures accurate to 0.1 degree Celcius been measured? In terrestrial timescales, it's a miniscule period.
the world's weather IS undergoing highly unusual change.
Not at all. There is nothing about our climate today which is without precedent, often recent.
Read this PDF (from an article published in 1922!)
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/050/mwr-050-11-0589a.pdf There HAVE been strange climatic events from severe rain falls in the UK...
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The rainfall of Summer 2008 was caused by a cut-off low. A relatively rare, but well-documented meteorological event. The rainfall in Cumbria a few months ago was due to an pressure pattern known as a “standing wave”. Nothing to do with man, or global warming:
http://web.mac.com/sinfonia1/Clamour_Of_The_Times/Clamour_Of_The_Times/Entries/2009/11/22_The_Near_Perfect_Storm%2C_Not_Global_Warming.html Human beings are suffering from this change, the inhabitants of thousands of Pacific islands who are witnessing rising sea levels that threaten their very existance NOW as we speak.
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Sorry, but this just isn't true:
“I recently visited Bangladesh, a country cursed by floods. In the Sundarban delta, I documented very strong coastal erosion despite zero changes in sea level. So, even here, there is no global sea level rise going on today — just as in the Maldives, in Tuvalu and in Vanuatu, to mention a few famous sites claimed already to be in the process of becoming flooded.
By the end of this century, sea level may have risen by between 30cm and 50cm according to the various IPCC scenarios. Our records suggest a maximum of 20cm. Neither of those levels would pose any real problem — simply a return to the situation in the 17th and the 19th to early 20th centuries, respectively.”Dr Mörner is the head of the Paleogeophysics and Geodynamics department at Stockholm University in Sweden. He is past president (1999-2003) of the INQUA Commission on Sea Level Changes and Coastal Evolution, and leader of the Maldives Sea Level Project. Dr. Mörner has been studying the sea level and its effects on coastal areas for some 35 years.
The world's governments and the vast majority of the scientific community....
No, there are many scientists who disagree with the global warming change and there are many politicians, too. Sadly, many governments have based their policies on the UN IPCC. However, it is now fast becoming a discredited body - especially its leader, Pachauri.
http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2010/01/pachauri-nose-in-honey-jar.html