Climate Change: Storm warning

From his throne on the shore at Bosham, Sussex, Canute, the 11th-century Danish king of England, addressed the sea: "You are subject to me, as the land on which I am sitting is mine, and no one has resisted my overlordship with impunity. I command you, therefore, not to rise on my land, nor to presume to wet the clothing or the limbs of your master."

Inevitably, his feet got wet. And thus began the British battle with the sea, one that the waves have won time and again.

from the Independent (UK)