Generally speaking, the article seems sound. Another example that occurs to me regards the issue of raising ocean levels. Much of the Netherlands lives two meters below sea level behind dikes and, while vigilant about breaches, gets on with life.
It is unclear why similar measures cannot protect low-lying cities in other developed countries. If the Dutch can make "living below the high tide line" work economically, why can't the Americans or Chinese? Answer: they can, and if necessary will, grumbling all the while.
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Perhaps it is worthwhile to restate COTTonLINE's position on climate change. The geological record clearly shows climate changes, and has done so off and on for millennia. The record is replete with ice ages and warm spells. Changes in solar radiation have been implicated in some of these.
Are recent human activities influencing climate change? The evidence for such influence is ambiguous. Unfortunately those who study it benefit professionally and financially if we believe humans pose a threat, and thus cannot be trusted to provide unbiased information and opinion.
What is absolutely clear is that climate changes without human intervention, and there is likely little we can do to influence those naturally occurring changes. We can however cope with whatever comes.
