Is global warming responsible for the recent spate of floods?
Head of Geography, Radley College taps into a vast array of websites to help students judge “These floods and gales; it must be global warming!” my Year 10 class proclaim as they scan the latest press cuttings. Geography and science teachers have been inundated by a deluge of questions from students eager to seek out explanations for the recent extreme weather which has affected the lives of so many people in Britain and Europe. The debate alone has already produced sufficient heat to make a major contribution to the already overcharged state of the atmosphere. Is there any real evidence for man-induced global climatic change or are we simply witnessing part of a natural and ongoing cycle of weather variation? As teachers, I believe that it is our duty to present unbiased information and to provide an opportunity for informed discussion rather than jumping aboard the global warming balloon and soaring away on a rising thermal of misinformation. There is no doubt that extreme weather is
