"Elena" wrote in message
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I read The Independent Online:

"In a startling report, the WMO, which normally produces detailed
scientific reports and staid statistics at the year's end, highlighted
record extremes in weather and climate occurring all over the world in
recent weeks - and linked them to climate change.
The unprecedented warning snip from an impeccably respected UN
organisation snip.
The unstable world of climate change has long been a prediction. Now,
the WMO says, it is a reality.snip

The whole story:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=421166

Opinions ?

Hi Elena,

I have waited to reply to your post because I wanted to prove that there
would be little interest from this group in a very important announcement.

One of the reasons little action has been taken to counter global warming
is that meteorologists have remained uninterested in the problem, and
this gives entirely the wrong message to the general public.

One reason we in Britain are not concerned is because until now the
effects have not been marked. I suspect that in Finland the weather
is extremely warm for the time of year, and that was one reason for
your interest in the Independent report. The actual press release
from the WMO can be seen at;
http://www.wmo.ch/web/Press/Press695.doc

I begins;

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ACCORDING TO THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION,
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS MIGHT INCREASE

Geneva, 2 July 2003 - Record extremes in weather and climate events continue
to occur around the world. Recent scientific assessments indicate that, as
the global temperatures continue to warm due to climate change, the number and
intensity of extreme events might increase, the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) states in a press release issued today.

In June, record high temperatures were recorded across southern France, with
maximum temperatures exceeding 40°C in parts of southwest France. This
resulted in June average temperatures of 5 to 7°C above the long-term average.
In Switzerland, the month of June was the hottest in at least the past 250
years, according to environmental historians. In Geneva, since 29 May,
maximum daytime temperatures did not drop below 25°C, making June the hottest
June on record for the city.

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The thing to note is that the WMO is based in Geneva. Switzerland had its
hottest month for 250 years. It is only when the meteorologist at the WMO
suffer from global warming that they take any notice. The reason the world
is taking no action is that the east coast of North America, where the centre
of political power resides, has not yet suffered these record tempratures, and
when they do they will be able to turn up the air conditioning.

The problem, as I see it, is that it is now too late to avoid disaster. When
the
glaciers and ice caps melt, the change in albedo will amplify the warming from
the carbon dioxide. Since they are melting now, even if we held CO2 at
today's levels the ice would continue to melt.

The current high temperatures, flooding, and droughts are only a taster of
what is to come, but this realistic view is regarded as nonsense by pundits
and public alike!

Cheers, Alastair.