More evidence that when it was time to pick a UK chief scientific adviser, no sane people were available: Beddington suggest that CO2 has caused a "dramatic increase" in weather disasters over the last 30 years

Chief scientist blasts climate change sceptics - 4/10/2012 - Farmers Weekly

However, all the disasters that are determined by climate, such as floods, droughts and storms, have all shown a "dramatic increase" over the last 30 years, said Prof Beddington.

..."One would expect the Arctic to be more sensitive to climate models, because of the geography in the magnetic poles of the earth," added Prof Beddington