As the Nature piece notes, a 2010 study found that reports of drought-related forest stress and destruction had risen steadily since 1985 in varied ecosystems around the world, and suggested the pattern was tied to climate change.

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Sarah Jackson from the Met Office confirmed that it did not discern any pattern that suggested Man-made climate change was at play in UK rainfall - although if temperatures rise as projected in future, that would lead to warmer air being able to carry more moisture to fall as rain.

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That pattern is well known from previous work on climate changes over the past few thousand years.

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Assuming that climate history over the past 400, 000 years continues to repeat its pattern with the nearly electrocardiogram regularity, maybe we should think about enjoying this brief intermission before the next life-unfriendly Ice Age covers much of the Northern Hemisphere with glaciers up to miles thick for the next 90, 000 years.

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The study also found a pattern of heavy trading around 14, 000 disclosure events that contained climate change-related information, including press releases and SEC filings.

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Some have said that this is the face of climate change while others are adamant that it is all part of a natural pattern.

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"We know that continuing our current pattern of energy use will have devastating consequences for the Earth's climate and people's lives, " said Mr Benn.

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"The pattern we've been in for the last 12 months is exactly what we would expect in climate change, " he said.

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