Global Warming And Those Floods

LAST year, Gloucestershire became the Venice of the North and everyone in Tewkesbury got a river view. The Independent was certain as to what had brought about this wondrous event:

In “England under water: scientists confirm global warming link to increased rain”, Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor, wrote:

It’s official: the heavier rainfall in Britain is being caused by climate change, a major new scientific study will reveal this week, as the country reels from summer downpours of unprecedented ferocity.

More intense rainstorms across parts of the northern hemisphere are being generated by man-made global warming, the study has established for the first time ­ an effect which has long been predicted but never before proved.

NOw in 2008, the Daily Mail reports in “Freak rain, not global warming, blamed for last year’s devastating £3bn floods”:

The devastating floods that deluged Britain last summer were not caused by climate change, contrary to the claims of politicians and green campaigners, scientists have said.

A major new study says there is no evidence that the “exceptional river flooding” - which caused more than £3billion damage and left thousands homeless - was anything other than a freak “100- to 200-year” event.

And while temperatures have risen in England over the last few decades, there is no proof that flooding in the summer or winter is more common, the researchers added.

No proof. None at all…

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Posted: 13th, March 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Global Warming, Tabloids Comments (2) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink