A recent survey by the British government warned the country's National Health System to expect thousands more deaths as the effects of global warming progress's in the next five years.
Issued as part of official advice from the government to hospitals, nursing homes and other medical institutions, the report entitled "Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK" is published after a long list of other pieces of research into climate change. Although the report warned of the dangers of global warming and the negative effects on the environment the reporting of the survey by two major news providers serves only to emphasize the mixed reaction to global warming.
The report published on the BBC online news service warns of the risk of fatal heat waves in the next 10 years in the UK is high but overall global warming may mean fewer deaths, due to the rise in temperature. It warns that hot summers could claim thousands of lives but milder winters which far outstrip heat related deaths will continue to decline.
The Guardian online which also published the findings of the report interoperated them differently. The article warned of the neagitve effects of global warming by stating
that climate change could lead to a heatwave in the south-east of England killing 3,000 people within the next decade.
The two different interpretations of the report mirrors the publics confusion over the effects of global warming. The BBC article suggests that there are some positive effects to global warming whilst the Guardian warns of the dangers and negative effects of global warming.
However the research is interpreated it once again rasies the question of is it too little to late to reverse the effects or is it another piece of fear mongering reaserch intended to scare people into becoming enviornmentally friendly? Whatever the answer it will be some years before the effects of global warming become apparant.
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