cc: "Lowe_Tom" date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:07:05 +0100 from: "Mike Hulme" subject: RE: is this an over the top article/reporting to: "'Phil Jones'" Oh dear, we're doomed, we're all doomed! 'Whipsaws' now join 'feedbacks', 'flips' and 'tipping points' in the Earth science lexicon. Hansen certainly uses the words 'peril', 'planetary rescue', etc. so it's hard to blame Steve Connor, but what are we to make of all this? Does Jim want us to stop sleeping at night? Mike -----Original Message----- From: Phil Jones [mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk] Sent: 19 June 2007 16:49 To: m.hulme@uea.ac.uk Subject: is this an over the top article/reporting http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2675747.ece Mike, I think I'd agree with you on this one. Phil Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------