Climate change: Snowy UK winters could become thing of the past

BBC ^ | 6 December 2020 | Justin Rowlatt

[BenLurkin]

Snowy winters could become a thing of the past as climate change affects the UK, Met Office analysis suggests.

It is one of a series of projections about how UK's climate could change, shared with BBC Panorama.

It suggests by the 2040s most of southern England could no longer see sub-zero days. By the 2060s only high ground and northern Scotland are still likely to experience such cold days.

The projections are based on global emissions accelerating.

It could mean the end of sledging, snowmen and snowball fights, says Dr Lizzie Kendon, a senior Met Office scientist who worked on the climate projections.

"We're saying by the end of the century much of the lying snow will have disappeared entirely except over the highest ground,"

[BenLurkin]

Good news!

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

God: Hahahahaaahahahahaaa...snort!

[ptsal]

yikes
weather fools

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Let's see. A couple weeks ago, the river Thames froze over completely for the first time since 1963. A couple of weeks ago the UK was blanketed with snow. Yep, sure looks like Globull Warming to me.

[rktman]

Yup. The wever will be smeltering afore yee can say “Bob’s your uncle!”.

[blueunicorn6]

Oh, you take the high road and you’ll see lots of snow and I’ll be picking oranges on the low road in Scotland.🎶

[rktman]

See: Texas.

[aquila48]

Bookmark

[poinq]

So stupid. Its below zero in texas. England is above most of the canadian population in latitude. They will have snow. This report is simply false.

[crz]

I tell these dumb MOFOs that humans will survive a warmer earth-matter of fact, it would increase livable space on the planet. BUT, most of mankind WILL NEVER survive another ice age-EVER!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Laughable...

[a fool in paradise]

they already claimed that 20 years ago and failed

[z3n]

Who remembers when they tried to scare the yer-a-peinz with the theory that climate change would interupt the saline convection cycle in the Atlantic ocean and interrupt the gulf stream, so they had to make a scarey sci-fi movie about glacier causing arctic hurricanes?

Now they are supposed to cry about not getting sub-freezing now storms?

[beethovenfan]

Another prediction by “experts” destined to be proven wildly incorrect.

[hinckley buzzard]

This was predicted by a “scientist” already, back in about 2006 iirc. Should have happened by now, if “the models’ were correct. I forget his name but you can find the story for yourself at wattsupwiththat.com

[The Louiswu]

So this movie was WRONG???

[Kenny500c]

It can’t be called false (or true) because of the presence of the “weasel word” could.

[Theo]

“... could ...”

Yup. Could.

[nevergore]

Have they looked out their window lately?

[A Navy Vet]

“could, could, suggests, could” These people never stop. I’m still waiting for the decreasing Ozone declared in the 70’s to kill us all.