When you think about climate change, you probably imagine our world getting hotter. Ice melting, sea levels rising, miserable looking polar bears on lonely ice floes — you know the drill. For climate scientists like me that is likely where we’re heading — but there’s also a world in which the opposite happens and London actually gets colder… much colder. According to recent studies that’s something that could happen in many of our lifetimes. In fact, even as early as 2025. Given that is literally this year, it’s worth considering seriously.
I know it seems strange to speak of London getting colder when January felt like a Siberian winter and February very much picked up where that left off. London’s cold, what’s new? Fair question. To explain what I’m talking about we need to go on a quick jaunt around the Atlantic.
