The prog came across to me as a huge chunk of irresponsible, polemic scaremongering using very carefully selected images and ideas spliced with commentary from experts which appeared to, but didn't actually, prove the polemic scaremongering.
The program did hit on one important point though. Try telling the poor countries in Africa not to use the massive coal and oil reserves. To me its laughable 'eat today have electricity reduce the depth rate increase life expectancy' or do what the western countries want and carry on the same
Did anyone read the article in the Sunday Times magazine?
Another news story with some amazing sea level rise predictions.
I understand that the major mechanism driving sea level rises is not the melting of the ice caps, but the thermal expansion of the sea as it gets warmer. I thought the thermal "inertia" of the sea would mean that effect takes a long time to actually happen.
The Times article mentions 20 metre rises at one stage (I think that's what it said...I had lost interest by then).
I really hate what the media are doing with this whole issue.
No worries, not sure how we went from Climate Change to kitesurfing though.
Reminds me of when I was back in Oz and the first murmurs about global warming where hitting the press. One news report consisted of them interviewing keen snow skiers with an impending sense of doom regarding the possible receeding snowfields on the mountains.....they seemed to miss the "bigger" picture..