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Fester:
It seems that Antartica is losing BILLIONS of tons MORE ice per year then even the most pessimistic forecasts were predicting.
Therefore exacerbating sea level rises every year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12687272

I hope you are all OK down there in Craig-Y-Don,  Rhos,   etc....!

Merddin Emrys:
I'm not convinced at all, they have trouble predicting the weather for tomorrow let alone 50 years,
just something governments use to charge extra tax, especially fuel duty which is well beyond a joke now  :rage:

Ian:
The evidence that global average temperatures are increasing is pretty well established, now, and the evidence that the CO2 component of our atmosphere has been similarly increasing for over a century is also established beyond doubt. What no one agrees on is the main cause of all this and the possible remedies. I think we have the tabloids largely to blame for the confusion that exists, fed by those with significant vested interests in allowing the world to warm.

The big worry for climatologists and chaoticians is that they don't know if there is a 'tipping point' for the atmosphere, beyond which point we might suffer a runaway greenhouse effect. If that were to happen, and no one knows for sure if it will, or how quickly it would occur, then the entire global population would have to embark on a migration that would make current levels look like day trippers to Barnsley. 

Fester:
Maybe not climate change exactly... but see this article,

Snowden and the summit train terminus covered in snow on the 10th June !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-13731216

Ian:
And global warming seems a fairly confirmed trend...

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