Okay, so I live in Vancouver and it hardly ever snows here at Christmas, anyway. And the nature of climate change -- which increases the likelihood of unusual weather events -- means a white Christmas may be more probably now than in the past. But we have a trend and the skiers aren't going to like it.
Check this article from the Independent Online, which quotes Dr. Michael Coughlan, head of the National Climate Centre at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, as saying:
"One probably has to go back into prehistoric times - and way back in them - to be seeing these sorts of temperatures."
Just to add to the record, NASA also announced that 2005 was the hottest year on record.
Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
This is a guest post by Caroline Selle
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650,000 years
A study of the Antarctic ice cap recently revealed that there is currently 27 percent more CO2 in the air than at any time in the last 650,000 years. And one-third more CO2 than at the start of the industrial revolution. Anyone who doesn't believe in global warming at this point just has their head in the sand.