Perhaps the Eurpoeans notice natural signs of warming because they have access to longer historical and anecdotal evidence. For instance the locals may have been fishing in a particular spot in April for 100s of years and suddenly (and it does seem to be suddenly) the fish are there in March. In our garden, (in Australia) after a very cold winter, the blossom trees are, as every year since 1990, blooming earlier. And we have our freaky weather... with a drought that still continues, storms and huge bush fires. Such folklore is ignored as unscientific ( which it is probably) but really- isn't research just documented testing of anecdotes- under the splendid name of hypotheses?
The fires in Greece must give pause to those who hold the obdurate disbelief in the reality of Climate Change. I think we are the frogs in the pot--and the water is getting hotter all the time. Certainly here in Australia our Prime Mininster, a firm disbeliever, has, as a result of popular opinion, given some concern to this area at last. Not with much conviction, but better than nothing.
