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Ummm. But it that is still a problem... ...as we have to live, en masse, in such a climate (One that has changed significantly, although no more so than before). In the past, every time the earths climate has changed (no more than it is currently) this quickly; it has coincided with either a mass migration and/or mass extinction. Just saying. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Already on the train home from London. Mind you I didn't make it as far as the Boleyn anyway. Glad this is the only game I have missed watching all season. Arse : just remembered I am out with a couple of hammers tonight. Reading between the hysterics, sounds like we were nearly there but not quite again. Glad to hear Gaston was on form. Will forget this result as quickly as I have forgotten about the FA Cup for another season (and hopefully I will soon forget the arrogance of the media/some fans thinking we were just a couple of selection decisions away from winning the thing!). Were we better than against Stoke? That's all I need to know. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

The most astonishing thing to me is that is seems that Guided Missile is NOT in fact a top scientist! All his posts so far had seemed so well informed and backed up with hard data no-one else could find, I assumed he was working directly in the field of climate studies. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Fair point! I guess I meant the cycle is broken as in 'the chain keeps falling off' and the handlebars are bent. Or something. Basically taking the very obvious and simplistic view that the carbon that *should* be in the ground, is now in the air or sea or short term flora based sinks. And THAT is a change (if not a break) to the carbon cycle. I think we are saying the same things, that we don't know for sure. Just that I am saying we do actually know enough to make a good guess at the shortfall and therefore start to do something about it. As I have said before on this thread; I am much more about positive action for us as a society/species than 'saving the earth' or crying foul at dodgy statistics: there will always be agendas and the planet can survive without/ despite us. We merely need to ensure we prepare our children well enough for the challenges they may face tomorrow. If that means being a little bit cautious, so be it! Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/climatechanging/climatescienceinfozone/exploringearthsclimate/1point6/1point6point2.aspx I thought these KS1 materials helped explain quite well that the natural carbon cycle has been broken!? However, if want to know more about short-term carbon stores, such as those lovely big untouched rainforests and our arable crops (!?) here's some slightly more grown up (KS2/3) explanations from one or two others. (Of course; FERN obviously have 'an agenda', as do those pesky 'scientists' at the royal society.)! http://royalsociety.org/policy/publications/2001/land-carbon-sinks/ http://www.fern.org/campaign/carbon-trading/what-are-carbon-sinks Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

https://eo.ucar.edu/kids/green/cycles6.htm http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0159-the-carbon-cycle.php Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Don't Panic - The Truth About Population. Starting now on BBC2. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Cool, I didn't mean to get 'all up in your grill' about it! Just having the conversation that many of the responses in today's press and social media have failed to; understanding heroin is just as likely to affect a loved one as it is a Hollywood star. This is the first step to tackling it head on. As Buctootim says;

True (although its important to remember not to geek out too much the other way!) I will never forget watching Magnolia for the first time and being utterly destroyed by PSH's character and story.

Okay, sorry it didn't read that way to me late last night. Although this 'culture of alcohol' you speak of; are you suggesting it is a good thing? Alcohol kills many times the number of people in the UK and ruins many many more lives than heroin addiction. One could argue because it is so available and 'culturally' acceptable. Many of us enjoy a drink or two, although most of us to our physical and mental detriment; even if we acknowledge that or not. Again, I don't see why an heroin addict is less worthy of help than any other really? Is it because it can take years of drinking to develop a dependency and addiction or because one stupid mistake with a needle one night can ruin your entire life? !?!?

Sad news. Powerful and understated actor. Sorry Bexy, but I have to disagree. If you are an alcoholic it is not possible to 'restrict yourself to a pint or two', far from it. As for heroin, most people who start on smack do so without full account of the situation: i.e. naivety and peer pressure (we've all been there to some degree) or, for many, they are already at point they need help. Sure, there are plenty of 'sickboys' out there who take the attitude they can handle and do 'dabble'. However, the sad fact remains that most addicts are addicts first, and the focus of their addiction comes second, determined by circumstance mostly; alcohol, drugs, gambling, etc, all on the rise. Addiction consumes and is a disease. People should be comfortable tackling, and then hopefully beating, all its guises head-on. Much love to the family and to anyone else who has suffered such a tragic, yet avoidable, loss.

Is American Football the only sport wherein a professional can wear a bum-bag whilst competing at the highest level? Quite enjoying it. Don't have a clue half the time, to be honest, but yeah enjoying it.

Cracking game, what a team performance second half! Superb play by our England internationals, and future England internationals, our Portuguese, Japanese and Polish internationals and, yes, our Northern Irish international. Our Kenyan international had a bit of a mare. And who knows? I still think 'second half' Morgan should be an international, just a bugger he is French!

Need to get it 'trending'; #WeareSouthamptonwereofftoBrazil

and Rodriquez! Hope Oswaldo or whatever he was called is watching! ;-)

Tru dat.

I count 22 touches, and two dummies, starting with Lambert and ending with Lambert! What a goal!

Awh... ...but that was the one thing I really liked about him.

^this Apparently the Forrest faithful haven't quite taken to Harding as much as we did. Still think we got rid of the wrong Daniel at the time! Good luck to Fox. I did feel for him at times: even when he had an otherwise a cracking game he could still gift a goal away. He just had this uncanny knack of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Although, as been pointed out, probably all down to pace in the Prem. Quality and committed footballer all told, lower half prem/top championship level. And, by all accounts, a bit of a 'geezer'.

IMO, and at the risk of sounding like I'm on the Olympic Deliverance Committee, it's all about sustainability. Global Warming, or Climate Change, concentrated population growth, destruction of flora and forna, pollution, resources and logistics are stretched. These are problems for everyone, everywhere, local, national, global; but the more we can do as an island nation to sustain our own population advancement the better everyone will be. Maybe I'm an optimist, but there is plenty to suggest mankind will manage - somehow. The sooner we recognise and factor in the effects of climate change (whatever its cause) on the way civilisation and societies function, the sooner we can adapt.

Interesting stuff from the academics*, thank you. I was particularly interested in the talk of heuristic modelling, as I rely upon Heuristic approaches in a lot of the stuff I do. I was intrigued to hear that it is not favoured in modelling so much. I guess heuristics, by their very nature, are 'real world' - empirical conclusions and comparable data that can be used in real time - and therefore almost impossible to 'model'. Makes sense then. *Although I did enjoy GM's attempt to translate the dictionary definition of heuristics in order to take a pop at 'academics'. Bless.

Outrageous! My opinion of Charles Miller and 'the olden days' is now taters. I thought it was law for all young Victorian gentlemen to have at least the beginnings of a massive tache by the time they left Public School?

The purpose of science is to question human understanding and by doing so improve upon it. Science is a continual cycle of postulating and disproving, refining knowledge to a point where it becomes useful. All scientists are sceptics by definition. All scientists have specialist areas and all scientists 'needs to gets paid', course they do. Unfortunately this also means many of the associations and sponsorships in modern science are less transparent. If you remember that then it is a lot easier to work out that not all science, or reported 'results' or statistic based science, is worth your time or heartache.

Nice statement. Very cleverly written too. I particularly liked the non-capitalised use of "the Southampton way" at the end there.

Delia Smith