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Climate change, hard to deny now

What about this weather?

If you live in the North of the nation then you'll no doubt be getting pretty pee'd off by all the rain we've had. If you live in the South then you're probably moaning about the looming drought.

But hey, we've always had the occasional extremes of weather and some summers are always hotter, wetter or drier than others -- right?

Well I was quite surprised to get some of the feedback that has appeared in the comments section of this video.

It appears that, as the pro-climate-change experts have predicted, our weather is becoming increasingly extreme -- right across the face of the planet.

While we fight off flooding or dessication, many in the Northern hemisphere are experiencing some of their mildest-ever weather.

What's more (again, as predicted), rainfall seems to be increasing in areas that were previously only considered "normal".

I think it must be conceded that the climate *is* changing -- all that remains is to determine exactly why this is occurring.

Unfortunately, I don't see any kind of agreement being reached between those fervently supporting anthropomorphic global warming (AGW) and those who claim that our CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions are simply too insignificant to have any measurable effect.

A huge number of theories have been proposed as to why the climate is changing and every proponent has a raft of "proof" to back up their assertions.

AGW supporters point to the massively increased CO2 emissions during the past century or two -- while others point to natural fluctuations in the intensity of solar levels.

Then there are those (perhaps like myself) who don't see too much wrong with climate-change, regardless of the cause.

Apparently, the earth should be about to start entering a new ice-age that would cause massive expansion of the "icy bits" which surround our poles. Such an ice-age would make it difficult to sustain the world's current population as it would tend to lower the atmospheric water levels (ie: rain) and reduce the amount of land which would support cropping.

Perhaps we ought to just learn to live with climate change and hope that (whatever the cause) it will mitigate the potential for another planetary freeze.

I wonder if anyone has changed their position on climate change in recent times?

If you were a believe in AGW and now aren't (or vice-versa) then please tell the rest of us what's changed your mind.

And are we really seeing greater weather extremes -- or are we simply seeing a greater awareness of the weather and better global reporting of any extremes that do occur?

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