Julia Slingo

Professor Slingo, who is in charge of Britain's biggest research team investigating climate change, insisted that global warming was a reality despite the bitterly cold temperatures and heavy snowfalls that have " brought much of the country to a standstill. "

"This is not a global event; it is very much confined to the UK and Western Europe and if you look out of your window today, you will see that it is warm............ it is starting to thaw"



The key message is that global warming continues