] LONDON - In an astonishing announcement on global warming ] and extreme weather, the World Meteorological ] Organisation has signalled that the world's weather is ] going haywire. ] ] In a startling report, the WMO, which normally produces ] detailed scientific reports and staid statistics at the ] year's end, highlighted record extremes in weather and ] climate occurring all over the world in recent weeks, ] from Switzerland's hottest-ever June to a record month ] for tornadoes in the United States - and linked them to ] climate change. ] ] The unprecedented warning takes its force and ] significance from the fact that it is coming from an ] impeccably respected UN organisation that is not given to ] hyperbole (though environmentalists will seize on it to ] claim that the direst warnings of climate change are ] being borne out). Nope, no global warming, nothing to see here... |