Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
Umm Let me guess. The climate is changing. Of course it is no longer referred to as global warming for this precise reason because some places are getting cooler. In other words Global warming is not uniform around the planet. Meteorology is a complex science and is the reason why it is so hard to model. In the 90s 400 ppm of CO2 was going to be a disaster but of course it wasn't. The scientists weren't totally wrong, there are just climate variables that were not taken into account but as meteorological understanding increases so will the forecasting accuracy.
The rate of sea level rise is also nowhere as high as predicted. Possibly partly due to the many dams that have been built over that period which has mitigated some outflows to the sea causing a slower increase. A lot more may need to be built, however that will slow the problem at best not cure it and the cost to the local environment will be needed to be taken into account. This could be partially offset with hydro electricity installations taking the place of coal fired power stations where feasible.
Um, yeah, no places are getting colder. Name one.
The odd cold snap doesn't equate to 'getting coder'.