18th February - Today's News: Victoria's Record Wet Summer


Are greenhouse gases upping the risks of flooding too? That seems to be the conclusion of a study into the 2000 floods in England - whilst the weather is the same, the amount of precipitable moisture increases. However, it's also worth taking Roger Pielke Sr's comments on the paper into consideration. Could other human factors have also contributed?

Whilst 2011 is now setting records for the lack of snowfall in much of England, I hadn't realised that Europe had also been suffering an unusual lack of snow. But finally snow falls in the Alps.

The sun wakes up as solar flare eruptions set to reach Earth

Hardly news, but thawing permafrost likely will accelerate global warming, study finds.

For those who still doubt that human activities affect climate, I suggest reading fossil water and depleted natural lakes as climate forcings - a simple review which highlights some of the ways in which human activity has adversely affected regional climate.

And in Britain you can ask the experts about climate change, starting next month.

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