Climate change is real

Just a really short post on climate change. It is happening. That doesn't mean where you live will be warmer, or colder, or drier, or wetter. It simply means that the overall global climate is changing. The second point is that humans are contributing. Would there be climate change anyway - of course there would (ever hear of an ice age?). Would it be the same or happen at the same rate? No.

I can't believe the number of people still digging up "facts" from really obscure scientists or who think they are experts because they read Michael Crichton's "State of Fear" (for the record - he didn't believe) and trying to show that humans aren't affecting it, or that it isn't happening. Yeah - and the world is flat!

Here are two articles - the arctic ice cover may disappear quicker than expected (notice that it isn't in doubt that it will disappear) and some stats on just how many ignorant (in this field) people there are out there. I like the quote "... no longer sure whether to be more concerned about global warming or global ignorance."