Climate Change London: "One fat millimeter of snow"

Yesterday, if you'd looked north on Wortley Rd. in the Village after coffee time at The Roaster, you would have noticed a hefty layer of snow, our first of the season. See atop the car on the right. See atop the tarmac on the left.

["The ground isn't frozen yet, but global warming is over?": Photo by GH]  

Though the final global average for temperature for 2012 isn't in yet (at least at NASA) the fat layer of snow I saw yesterday will likely encourage some to say that global warming is over, the earth is experiencing a cooling trend, there is no need for climate change alarm, all is well with the world. And that's in spite of the fact that, though there have been several cooler years that followed on the heels of warmer years in the past century, the trend has been upward. Though 2011 was, on average, cooler than 2010, it was still clearly the 9th warmest year since record keeping began in the 1800s.

["Link to NASA records"]

Global warming has had a long lifespan, and we're still not sure what all the ramifications of climate change (or instability) have been or will be. And to say - because of a bit of snow or a cooler year on the heels of a warmer one - all is well with the world, so do as you will, is not a wise move.

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