Monday, March 25, 2013

Just before he steps down, UK's chief scientific adviser straps on his tinfoil hat and suggests that CO2 caused both drought and extreme rainfall in the UK last year

World faces decades of climate chaos, outgoing chief scientific adviser warns - Telegraph
The world faces decades of turbulent weather even if it takes drastic action to tackle climate change, the Government's chief scientific adviser said today in a final stark warning as he prepares to step down.
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Professor Sir John Beddington said that time lags in the climate system meant that accumulations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere now will determine the weather we experience for the next 25 years.

Climate change is already manifesting itself in huge variations in the weather, clearly illustrated by the way Britain experienced both drought and extreme rainfall last year, he said.
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"For example the Arctic is heating up vastly faster than other parts of the world - this is exactly what the climate scientists are predicting,” he said.

Sir John's remarks were made as Britain experienced freezing cold weather and snow, with thousands of homes across the UK without power and many roads still impassable.
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In the first decade since 2000, the 49th state cooled 2.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
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