2002 'warmest for 1,000 years'
The first three months of this year were the warmest globally since records began in 1860 and probably for 1,000 years, scientists said yesterday. Dr Geoff Jenkins, director of the Meteorological Office's Hadley Centre, said the record on land and sea was consistent with computer predictions of the effects of man-made global warming. :: This Daily Telegraph report submitted for your fear for the future (Luke 21:26) files. From what I can tell, the state of the science suggests that the data is not there to confirm global warming as anything more than a trend that could be naturally cyclic. However, the fact that people are worried about what this means for the future of the world (islands sinking, coastlands flooding, ice shelfs melting and possibly releasing dormant viruses into the environement) suggests to me that global warming can be included as a possible fulfillment of this prophetic sign.