There are parts of the world in which people won't be able to cool by sweating if this trajectory continues.

 

Those claiming that concerns over climate change are rooted in hysteria are badly mistaken and unfortunately not restricted to the non-scientific community. The recent article by Craig Walton claiming that the risks of climate change have been exaggerated was unfortunately based on false claims. For instance, Dr Walton, who studies the origins of planets, wrote: “Claims of increasing frequency and danger of extreme weather events broadly lack strong scientific backing”.

 

This is simply untrue. The most recent assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which reviewed the scientific literature, concluded: “Human-induced climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe. Evidence of observed changes in extremes such as heatwaves, heavy precipitation, droughts, and tropical cyclones, and, in particular, their attribution to human influence, has strengthened”.

 

Full article

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/yields-key-staple-crops?stackMode=relative&facet=none

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/natural-disaster-death-rates

https://holoceneclimate.com/temperature-versus-co2-the-big-picture.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Cenozoic_Ice_Age

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_age

we are still stuck in the deepest ice age since before complex life evolved, and almost all lives lost are due to cold, not warmth

https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/heat-cold-deaths

AI: Yes, current data shows that cold temperatures cause significantly more deaths globally than heat, often by a 9-to-1 or greater margin

Last year was the coldest year in Thailand I've ever known.

I wish these so called scientists could make up their minds, if they have any!

First it was "Global Warming", then "Climate Change" and now it seems to be the "Great Freeze"!

Wait, what? It's safe to go outside? What about ICE?

On “scientists disagree” — they really don’t.
Over 99% of actively publishing climate scientists now agree that current climate change is human-caused.

A 2021 review of 88,000+ peer-reviewed studies found over 99.9% agreement that global warming is driven by human activity. Earlier figures often quoted (97%) are now outdated — the consensus has only strengthened as evidence has accumulated.

Every major scientific body, including NASA and the IPCC, confirms this. Yet public surveys show many people still think the split is closer to 60–70%, which simply isn’t true.

Bottom line: the roughly 1.1°C of warming since the late 1800s is overwhelmingly attributed to greenhouse gases from human activity. In scientific terms, this is as settled as evolution or plate tectonics.

 

On 2/1/2026 at 1:12 AM, scottiejohn said:

I wish these so called scientists could make up their minds, if they have any!

First it was "Global Warming", then "Climate Change" and now it seems to be the "Great Freeze"!

they always have, but you just don't understand that Climate change is a result of glogal warming and big freeze is something you've made up.

On 2/1/2026 at 12:52 AM, BritManToo said:

Last year was the coldest year in Thailand I've ever known.

Fascinating. A single person’s memory, with no dates, no location, no measurements, and no defined time period — truly the gold standard of climate science. Someone should probably let the IPCC know they can stop using satellites, ocean buoys and 150 years of temperature records.

The weather feels varied. Climate doesn’t. A cool spell, a rainy season, or a pleasant year in one place tells us precisely nothing about long-term global trends. By that logic, a warm afternoon would mean winter has been cancelled.

If anecdotal impressions were evidence, we’d still be debating whether the Earth goes round the Sun — depending on how it “felt” that year.

48 minutes ago, kwilco said:

Fascinating. A single person’s memory, with no dates, no location, no measurements, and no defined time period — truly the gold standard of climate science. Someone should probably let the IPCC know they can stop using satellites, ocean buoys and 150 years of temperature records.

The weather feels varied. Climate doesn’t. A cool spell, a rainy season, or a pleasant year in one place tells us precisely nothing about long-term global trends. By that logic, a warm afternoon would mean winter has been cancelled.

If anecdotal impressions were evidence, we’d still be debating whether the Earth goes round the Sun — depending on how it “felt” that year.

I agree with BritMan. We're just coming out of the longest cool season I can remember here. Last year the "hot" season started later and stopped earlier. The Monsoon started on time, after years of being late. Trends over recent years have resulted in these events last year. I don't have a weather station for absolute numbers but I don't feel I need them, either.

29 minutes ago, nauseus said:

I agree with BritMan. We're just coming out of the longest cool season I can remember here. Last year the "hot" season started later and stopped earlier. The Monsoon started on time, after years of being late. Trends over recent years have resulted in these events last year. I don't have a weather station for absolute numbers but I don't feel I need them, either.

yes - so you can publicly demonstarte how daft you are.

2 hours ago, kwilco said:

On “scientists disagree” — they really don’t.
Over 99% of actively publishing climate scientists now agree that current climate change is human-caused.

A 2021 review of 88,000+ peer-reviewed studies found over 99.9% agreement that global warming is driven by human activity. Earlier figures often quoted (97%) are now outdated — the consensus has only strengthened as evidence has accumulated.

Every major scientific body, including NASA and the IPCC, confirms this. Yet public surveys show many people still think the split is closer to 60–70%, which simply isn’t true.

Bottom line: the roughly 1.1°C of warming since the late 1800s is overwhelmingly attributed to greenhouse gases from human activity. In scientific terms, this is as settled as evolution or plate tectonics.

 

Debunked as Cook cherry picked reports and ignored many that held no views

On 2/1/2026 at 10:52 AM, BritManToo said:

Last year was the coldest year in Thailand I've ever known.

Smoke is the issue not climate

On 2/1/2026 at 10:52 AM, BritManToo said:

Last year was the coldest year in Thailand I've ever known.

How dare you! Greta hates you now

29 minutes ago, kwilco said:

yes - so you can publicly demonstarte how daft you are.

Demonstarte. In a rush to embarrass yourself, or something?

Do we have a clear definition of what a "climate scientist" is?

And but for climate change, how would they be making a living?

1 minute ago, Yellowtail said:

Do we have a clear definition of what a "climate scientist" is?

And but for climate change, how would they be making a living?

They have to lie and exaggerate or get sacked

3 hours ago, kwilco said:

Someone should probably let the IPCC know they can stop using satellites, ocean buoys and 150 years of temperature records.

I think Trump already told them when he cancelled their funding.

2 hours ago, nauseus said:

I agree with BritMan. We're just coming out of the longest cool season I can remember here. Last year the "hot" season started later and stopped earlier. The Monsoon started on time, after years of being late. Trends over recent years have resulted in these events last year. I don't have a weather station for absolute numbers but I don't feel I need them, either.

Still wearing my coat when out for my morning cycling, it's been 11c at dawn since December, that usually only happens for a week each year.

And in early December a week at 6c, which I've never seen here before.

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Still wearing my coat when out for my morning cycling, it's been 11c at dawn since December, that usually only happens for a week each year.

It was hotter in the 1940s according to old farmers

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6 hours ago, CharlieH said:

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"Name and shame!"

Climate change could make it dangerous for humans to go outside?

So like Montreal in winter?