Remember back to 2000 when The Independent, another UK news outlet, declared that snow was a thing of the past and that “Children just aren’t going to know what snow is”. Well, of course that prognostication didn’t materialize, so The Independent memory holed it, but, it led to lots of meme and derision. Now, the BBC gives it a shot
Climate change: Snowy UK winters could become thing of the past
Snowy winters could become a thing of the past as climate change affects the UK, Met Office analysis suggests.
It is one of a series of projections about how UK’s climate could change, shared with BBC Panorama.
It suggests by the 2040s most of southern England could no longer see sub-zero days. By the 2060s only high ground and northern Scotland are still likely to experience such cold days.
The projections are based on global emissions accelerating.
It could mean the end of sledging, snowmen and snowball fights, says Dr Lizzie Kendon, a senior Met Office scientist who worked on the climate projections.
“We’re saying by the end of the century much of the lying snow will have disappeared entirely except over the highest ground,” she told Panorama.
Oh, good, projections of doom 20, 40, and 80 years out. What happens when they fail to pan out? Right, nothing, because no one will remember these cult prognostications. The idea is to scare people now to get them to give up their money, freedom, liberty, and choice. Hey, I wonder if the people in the news broadcasting this garbage ever considered that the Government control will effect them, too?
And, yes, the above picture was part of the article.
