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NATS is the UK’s leading provider of air traffic control services. Each year we handle 2.2 million flights and 220 million passengers in UK airspace.
http://www.nats.aero/about-us/what-we-do/our-control-centres/

OpEd

Arclight2011

20 February 2014

This post attempts to answer the question of what mechanism is causing the large amounts of record breaking levels of rainfall in Norway and the UK over recent years. Whilst global warming is an obvious answer as clouds hold more water if the atmosphere is warmer but the facts remain that increased flights across the Atlantic and increased particulates from various sources are responsible for this.

This dimming effect has repercussion concerning reports that use data that expects no quick changes to the earths climate (ref MET Office UK). In planning large projects such as nuclear power plants, waste/fuel processing work and storage sites, I have noticed that they refer to the incorrect information on the MET Office site…