Re: In today's news...
Another two pence, and this based upon observations made via various media and gazing vacantly; its already been shown that the computers used by the former global-warming lobby, now climate change lobby (because their facts regarding global warming, specifically, continued to turn out not to be terribly factual), were both out-dated and repeatedly wrong. Scientific studies supporting such a thing have been shown to be 'sexed up' or, if you will, altered to better support their case.
Interestingly, I can't remember if it was specifically north/south pole, antarctic or such -excellent geologist dragonwoofer- but one has been shown to grow in size, while another may be reducing in size.
A issue with the climate-change advocates, as opposed to normal and natural climate-change, both as science and a political lobby, is that records used to make their predictions or base facts upon don't seem to be very long term, i.e first time we're seriously making an effort to record what happens in the planet, nevermind the fact climate change happens via cycles, variables and constants - not every event can be turned into a pro-climate-change issue when it's not actually unprecedented.
In addition if I may, take a pinch of salt if you wish, but some scientists have apparently said that with all the things humanity have done, we've accelerated global warming by about... 300 years. In cycles involving millions of years.
Oh, fun fact, again a apparently, Great Britain used to have a tropical environment, as opposed to the typical cool and wet it has now, ergo that suggests we've gotten colder here over the many, many, many years.
All this is -not- to say, however, I'm not even remotely against any rational conversation, debate or attempt at reducing the effect on local or international environments, in general, just that I keep seeing, hearing or reading apocalyptic warnings by scientists or people/celebrities who think they know better, only for such predictions to be wholly inaccurate, or backfire and become the opposite of what is happening. Call me cynical-realist if you like.