> [..] so they are probably fameous and any melting would be easily noticed). Famous in the 1700's? I believe the Scottish life was a lot more humble than it i

> [..] so they are probably fameous and any melting would be easily noticed). Famous in the 1700's? I believe the Scottish life was a lot more humble than it is now. I imagine these all-year snow locations would be more remote, harder to access and not a leisurely walk. > The thing is: we can't "measure" the global climate. Surely we can? It shouldn't be too difficult to have many weather stations around the world to make such measurements. Even satellite data could be quite accurate. > And they speak a very clear message, which to no suprise follows the raise of CO2 in the atmosphere. I'm not sure there is a clear message. I remember reading a while back of the effect of methane vs carbon dioxide on global warming, and methane by tonne was exceptionally worse. Maybe we should be concentrating efforts on ozone?