Why are our summers getting wetter?

Global warming, do they really mean ‘global wetting’? Well we’re told that as a result of ‘global warming’ the winters will get wetter and the summers will get hotter. It seems the reverse is more the case, should we be talking about ‘global wetting’. I pity anyone who suffers from depression, summer is a great uplifter and recharges us for the dull, wet, cold, dark winter ahead.   So can we look forward to a sunny 2009? Well I’m not sure we can. So what about Climate Change? Our climate has always been changing as a result of natural causes. What we are now dealing with is climate change as a result of human behaviour. The greenhouse effect is very important when we talk about climate change as it relates to the gases which keep the Earth warm. It is the extra greenhouse gases which humans have released which are thought to pose the strongest threat. If we are responsible for the damage incurred on our planet, we must stand a better chance of reversing it, than trying to reverse natural climate changes in the atmosphere over which we have no control. What can we do then to tackle climate change? We have all read the papers, listened to the news and had an opinion. But we really do have to get in touch with reality and play a part. What we are doing in this magazine barely touches the sides, but we have to start somewhere. There are three fundamental requirements for tackling climate change, politics, technology and individual action.  And there you have it. Most of us have some control over our ‘individual action’. So come on, let’s get serious and stop playing at it!