"Earth has not been ice-free for many millions of years, and the...

"Earth has not been ice-free for many millions of years, and the abrupt disruption that the shift would cause is bound to be unfavourable to all life adapted to present conditions"

Who says?

Hello - believe it or not we are still in an ice age that started some 32 million years ago. What we are experiencing at present is an idyllic warm spell that fluctuates according to the sun's activity!

And don’t bring, “it’s never going to rain again” Tim Flannery into the equation, he’s a joke!

If you want to find out what the climate in Sydney was like in 1788, read the book that Tim Flannery wrote a foreward to - It's called 1788 - My feeling is that Tim may have never read it!

Nothing has changed!