On Jul 23, 6:52 am, wrote:
"England under water: scientists confirm global warming link to
increased rain"
By Michael McCarthy Environment Editor
The Independent
Published: 23 July 2007

(extract)

"...The study is being published in the journal Nature on Wednesday,
and its details are under embargo and cannot be reported until then.
But its main findings have caused a stir, and are being freely
discussed by climate scientists in the Met Office, the Hadley Centre
and the Department for Environment For Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs.
One source familiar with the study's conclusions said: "What this does
is establish for the first time that there is a distinct 'human
fingerprint' in the changes in precipitation patterns * the increases
in rainfall * observed in the northern hemisphere mid-latitudes, which
includes Britain.
"That means, it is not just the climate's natural variability which
has caused the increases, but there is a detectable human cause *
climate change, caused by our greenhouse gas emissions. The 'human
fingerprint' has been detected before in temperature rises, but never
before in rainfall. So this is very significant.
"Some people would argue that you can't take a single event and pin
that on climate change, but what happened in Britain last Friday fits
quite easily with these conclusions. It does seem to have a certain
resonance with what they're finding in this research."
The Hadley Centre lead scientist involved with the study was Dr Peter
Stott, who specialises in finding "human fingerprints" * sometimes
referred to as anthropogenic signals * on the changing climate. "

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/thi...cle2793067.ece

That abstract really says very little, disguised by the
pompous terminology, and is obviously designed for the media. When
they talk of "human fingerprint" in temperature changes does that mean
any more than simply that Global Warming is anthropogenic in origin
and that the temperature has gone up? It would be very surprising
indeed if there had not been a corresponding change in rainfall
patterns, and there has been. We have drier summers and wetter
autumns and early winters. So I cannot make head or tail of the
sentence "The 'human
fingerprint' has been detected before in temperature rises, but never
before in rainfall. So this is very significant."

We will have to wait for publication to see what is beneath
this apparent re-discovery of the wheel.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.