With much of the
UK affected by flood alerts and more rain and snow on the way,
Friends of the Earth have warned that the UK should expect
more of the same as a result of man-made climate change...
According to the
UK Climate Impacts Programme records show that global temperature has
risen by about 0.6°C since the beginning of the 20th century, with about 0.4°C of this warming occuring since the 1970s (Figure 1).
Globally,
1998 was the warmest on record, and
2001 was the third warmest. The
1990s were also the warmest decade in the last 100 years, and it is likely that
the last 100 years represented the warmest century in the last millennium...
If you still need convincing that climate change can at least be partially attributed to human activities since the industrial revolution it is well worth taking a look at the UKCIP's
graphs which show trends in UK temperatures since records began...
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