[oddballmisfitsFTW]

government scientist A: hey jeff, what you think caused the ending of the last ice age?
government scientist B: well, from what ive read, their was an increase in testosterone in the men, they started to get very horny and everyone started ****in like rabbits, so more people yeah... that means more farting and more fires to keep everyone warm, and more log fires meant more horny couples ****in like rabbits, see cause and effect, CO2 increases simple
government scientist A: never thought of that, nice one mate, lets present our findings to the UN

[ange7]

Originally Posted by flamingGalah!

In the UK the general warming trend has actually only been really evident for around the last 30 years... Before that we had some seriously cold winters in the 40's, 60's & 70's which lowered the average...

they don't make global warming predictions based on only UK temps. Locally they predict temps in UK to get colder as a result of global warming because that area will get more northerly winds from the arctic. ( something to do with changes in sea convection currents in the Northern Atlantic).

[flamingGalah!]

Originally Posted by ange7

they don't make global warming predictions based on only UK temps. Locally they predict temps in UK to get colder as a result of global warming because that area will get more northerly winds from the arctic. ( something to do with changes in sea convection currents in the Northern Atlantic).

I'm aware of that, but I was just making the point that warming hasn't been evident in the UK since the 1800's, hence my trends being over 20 years or so, as that is the period that our Met Office has statistics for a warming period... With 10 or so of the warmest years on record being recorded since 1990...

[ange7]

Oh OK I'm with you ... thought you were arguing that global warming was rubbish based on just 5 years of UK temp numbers.
My bad.

[flamingGalah!]

Originally Posted by ange7

Oh OK I'm with you ... thought you were arguing that global warming was rubbish based on just 5 years of UK temp numbers.
My bad.

Oh yeah I very much believe in global warming, unfortunately as here in the UK we have had two cold winters in the last two years many are trying to discredit it, not realising that climate change (a better description than global warming) will see dramatic variations in the climate, not simply getting hotter...