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Global Warming, Inadvertent Humor, Neville Nicholls, Popular Delusions
Neville Nicholls
“Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?†— Groucho Marx.
The Express:
Climate scientists yesterday stunned Britons suffering the coldest winter for 30 years by claiming last month was the Âhottest January the world has ever seen.
The remarkable claim, based on global satellite data, follows Arctic temperatures that brought snow, ice and travel chaos to millions in the UK.
At the height of the big freeze, the entire country was blanketed in snow. But Australian weather expert Professor Neville Nicholls, of Monash University in Melbourne, said yesterday: “January, according to satellite data, was the hottest January we’ve ever seen.
“Last November was the hottest November we’ve ever seen. November-January as a whole is the hottest November-January the world has seen.†Veteran Âclimatologist Professor Nicholls was speaking at an online climate change briefing, added: “It’s not warming the same everywhere but it is really quite challenging to find places that haven’t warmed in the past 50 years.â€