Reply to: Winter ....you aint seen nothing yet

[DimPrawn]

I was vastly amused by Ian Stewart on his Making of Scotland* programme the other day.

Goes through all the non manmade climate changes over the last 5000 years or so, with the temperature going up & down by 2 or 3 degrees as it saw fit.

Then we get to 1900 & suddenly it's all AGW caused by steam engines & the like.

Amazing.



* or whatever the feck it's called.

Yes, that programme amused me too, with his talk of natural mini-ice ages, medieval warm period, all natural rapid warming/cooling, then some twattish Scot invents coal or steam or something, and boom, it's all them car owners innit.

[EternalOptimist]

Its that man Viner again

the end of skiiing in Scotland

doomed - 2004

Unfortunately, it's just getting too hot for the Scottish ski industry," said David Viner, of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia. "It is very vulnerable to climate change; the resorts have always been marginal in terms of snow and, as the rate of climate change increases, it is hard to see a long-term future


Boomed - 2010

The best conditions for more than a decade have sparked a boom at Aviemore, Scotland's biggest resort, where 20,000 skiers have so far taken to the slopes, four times the number at this time last year. Beaming Scottish tourist officials report that ski accommodation bookings are up 500%. At Ben Nevis, the highest skiing location in the country, resort manager Heather Negus said it expected to be "mobbed out" after slashing the cost of a one-day pass including lifts, tuition and ski kit....

[BlasterBates]

Mark Diacono, who is establishing a "climate change farm" on his land, intends his olives to be a commercial crop which will produce Britain's first home-grown olive oil, in five to seven years. He has planted them in co-operation with an Italian gardener living in England, Emilio Ciacci, who has provided the trees from the hills near his home at Maremma, Tuscany.

A 39-year-old environmental consultant, Mr Diacono has no doubt that UK temperatures are becoming suitable for olive cultivation. "There's no question that the climate is going to get there," he said. "It's just, have I done this 10 years too early or 20 years too early?

"But I don't think so. We don't need to turn into Portugal really, we just need it to be slightly warmer for longer, and we are making that shift. We are crossing that threshold."

[DimPrawn]

Are the olives ready yet? I like olive ice-cream.

Britain's first olive grove is a sign of our hotter times - Environment - The Independent

In one of the most remarkable signs yet of the advance of global warming, Britain's first olive grove has been planted in Devon.


Temperatures have risen so far in recent years that it is now considered possible to grow the iconic fruit of the Mediterranean countries commercially in southern England.

Several studies have suggested that, in decades to come, olives, vines and other warm-climate plants will be likely to flourish in a substantially warmer Britain. Now a Devon smallholder has taken the plunge and, in partnership with an Italian olive specialist, planted a grove of 120 olive trees on the banks of the river Otter near Honiton.

[BlasterBates]

...oh look it was cold in Argentina in their last winter:

Argentina cold front causes gas shortages | Argentina suffers energy crisis in record winter

...oh blow me down with a feather ...the same in Australia

http://globalfreeze.wordpress.com/20...-in-australia/


what a coincidence, cold temperatures across the globe..

[DimPrawn]

Looking at the arctic ice trend, looks like it could be another bumper year.

B-b-b-b-ut the scientists said they'll be no ice at the north pole?

Exclusive: Scientists warn that there may be no ice at North Pole this summer - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent

[EternalOptimist]

You cant look at this in a superficial way. We are in an interglacial el nina season. The temperature SHOULD have been -15c in the UK last week, but it was only -10c

PROVING that AGW is true and the world is warming - SasGoru

[BlasterBates]

Looking at the arctic ice trend, looks like it could be another bumper year.

[Paddy]

USA. Worst snow in 25 years

gulfnews : Strong blizzard blankets upper Midwest with 50cm of snow

[DimPrawn]

The world's getting hotter. Hot hot!

Remember the cold spell is limited to Northern Europe only they say.

Cold kills record number of manatees - Orlando Sentinel

Record freeze heads this way | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY

[TimberWolf]

No bad for autumn.

[BlasterBates]

Looks like the drought in the middle east is over:

Sandstorms, snow and floods hit Middle East - Telegraph

That's very odd, because the drought was caused by Global Warming, which is getting worse.

[DimPrawn]

Good old "General Winter":

Britain braced for snow and plunging temperatures - Home News, UK - The Independent

Yeah, that "rare" old snow.

Looks like the USA is having a bit of rare snow too.

Snow causes Metrodome roof collapse

Nothing some Carbon taxes can't solve I'm sure.

[BlasterBates]

Good old "General Winter":

Britain braced for snow and plunging temperatures - Home News, UK - The Independent

[BoredBloke]

BTW Dim, did you know the Middle East is suffering its worst drought since records began?

Well they do live in a sodding desert, what do they expect?