Scotland ‘snow-free’ for fourth time in six years
> According to records, it previously melted fully in 1933, 1959, 1996, 2003, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2021 and now 2022.<p>> Before 1933, it is thought to have last melted completely in the 1700s.<p>Just to be clear, Scotland is now far more populated and has more resources than it did in the 1700s. It's entirely possible that they were not able to regularly check the environment and records were not kept well then.<p>I think people really need to be careful of "X trend happens, therefore global warming". You could suggest that this _could_ be caused by global warming, but you shouldn't say that it definitely is. (The BBC article carefully avoids making the claim also.)<p>This year for example saw a heat wave in the UK, but at the same time, very cold weather in NZ (snow in the South island which is rare). So overall it appeared to be concentrated heat rather than an increase in global heat.