Last Saturday I posted a story out of London's Daily Mail that was written by columnist David Rose. It was headlined "Forget global warming - it's Cycle 25 we need to worry about (and if NASA scientists are right the Thames will be freezing over again)" - repeats what is becoming a common misconception in the tabloid press: that a drop in solar activity is about to cause a 'mini ice age'.
In the piece, Rose so badly misrepresents the Met Office's work that they have taken the unusual step of responding to it on their blog, describing his article as containing "numerous errors in the reporting of published peer reviewed science undertaken by the Met Office Hadley Centre."
The link to their January 29th rebuttal is posted at their website metofficenews.wordpress.com...and the link is here. It's worth the read...and I thank reader J. Parker in Houston, Texas for bringing this item to my attention.
