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Old February 26th 21, 03:42 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Julian Mayes Julian Mayes is offline
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Default Extreme UK flooding now, human extinction next says civil servant


It's not that that I disagree that the world is a warmer place or that mankind is very largely responsible for this, it's that the warnings seem rather hysterical, so much so that members of the public will tend to dismiss them. In any case not all the disruptive effects of flooding are due to increased rainfall; we can have a considerable effect on how this excess is dealt with and maybe some practices will need to change.

Tudor Hughes


That's a fair comment - I certainly flinch at some alarmist language and how it fuels denialism. Yes, it can be counter-productive. Of course, we don't know if the more melodramatic outcomes will actually occur, but we need to do what we can to mitigate future effects and to appreciate just how large the issues are. By 'large' let's start with the projections dealing with the North Atlantic overturning circulation - main story in The Guardian for a time y'day.....

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...say-scientists

Julian