>On 18 Feb, 15:21, francis yahoo.com> wrote:

>> From the Daily Express today
>>
>> NEW evidence has cast doubt on claims that the world's ice-caps are
>> melting, it emerged last night.
>>
>> http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/35266/Global-warming-It-s-the-col...
>>
>> Is it true or is it greenwash, how can us poor uninformed tell?
>>
>> Over to you Doug (and Toomy)
>>

>This would appear to be an about face on the part of the NOAA since
>the following appears on their website:
>
>"Is the climate warming?
>
>Yes. Global surface temperatures have increased about 0.6°C (plus or
>minus 0.2°C) since the late-19th century, and about 0.4°F (0.2 to
>0.3°C) over the past 25 years (the period with the most credible
>data). The warming has not been globally uniform. Some areas
>(including parts of the southeastern U.S.) have, in fact, cooled over
>the last century. The recent warmth has been greatest over North
>America and Eurasia between 40 and 70°N. Warming, assisted by the
>record El Niño of 1997-1998, has continued right up to the present,
>with 2001 being the second warmest year on record after 1998."
>
>There is a clue here in that climate change involves cooling in some
>areas but warming outweighs this in other areas, thus giving a GLOBAL
>warming average. It will be interesting to see what other
>organisations make of this..