Global warming not fading away despite cold snap

Eastern Australia is experiencing one of its wettest-ever second six months on record, while Europe and North America have been deluged by severe snowstorms and freezing conditions.

According to Barry Hunt, an honorary research fellow at the CSIRO's Marine and Atmospheric Research unit, even if there is another cold snap global temperatures will continue to rise.

"Over the last century, the global mean temperature has gone up by 0.8 degrees (Celsius)," he told ABC Radio on Wednesday, adding that was due to global warming.

Hunt has found that there still will be cold snaps up to 2050 even with greenhouse warming, and he maintained that the scientific basis for global warming is "very sound". Kazinform cites China Daily. See www.chinadaily.com.cn for full version