§ Mr. ColmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment84W he has made of the report published in the New Scientist on 1 May on the speeding-up of the cooling of the mesosphere and its likely impact on global warming. [84909]
§ Mr. MealeCooling of the upper atmosphere is an expected consequence of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, and although the reported study is yet to be completed, and the size of the cooling confirmed, cooling of the mesosphere is not expected to impact significantly predictions of climate change.