king allergies worse; changes in vector-borne diseases; as well as droughts, floods and other forms of extreme weather such as the 12 natural disasters in the U.S. this year that caused at least $1 billion in damage.More HEREWe are living in a COLD period of the earth's historyAbove is the factual part of a speculative article in New ScientistLarge climatic variability over the last 2,000 years in