Despite the 'Big Freeze' that has hit Northern Europe this month, scientists are predicting 2010 could be the hottest on record, reminding those climate change skeptics among us that localised weather events do not constitute global climate changes. The fact of the matter is that the 'Big Freeze' that Northern Europe is experiencing will have little to no effect on global temperature averages. An example of a contradicting localised weather story is that of the record breaking heat wave that Southern Australia is currently feeling.

To read the Guardian, UK's, article on why scientists are predicting 2010 to be the hottest on record please follow this link, www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/10/climate-change-uk-big-freeze