Climate change fears 'have been exaggerated' and doomsday predictions are overestimates, say scientists

Apocalyptic predictions about climate change are likely to be wrong, a study says. 


Dire forecasts by activists who say that carbon dioxide levels will 'double' and cause temperature rises of 10C are 'unlikely'.


Instead, the maximum increase is likely to be 2.6C.  

Writing in the journal Science, Andreas Schmittner of Oregon State University said he and colleagues studied how changes in carbon dioxide levels during the last ice age affected temperature. 


It shows that figures used routinely by pressure groups are simply wrong.    Read More