Climate Change - a poll

[leicsmac]

Lots of rainfall and temperature records being set so far this year.

[leicsmac]

Further to the above...

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68665166

 

Climate change could move "into uncharted territory" if temperatures don't fall by the end of the year, a leading scientist has told the BBC.

The warning came as data showed last month was the world's warmest March on record, extending the run of monthly temperature records to 10 in a row.

It's fuelled concerns among some that the world could be tipping into a new phase of even faster climate change.

A weather system called El Niño is behind some of the recent heat.

Temperatures should temporarily come down after El Niño peters out in coming months, but some scientists are worried they might not.

 

March 2024 was 1.68C warmer than "pre-industrial" times - before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels - according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service.

 

 

You can see the El Nino peaks, but the overall trend is always up, up, up.

[leicsmac]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ndg7g75g8o

 

Lambing on one family's farm took a "horrific turn" this year because of a virus that killed nearly 40% of the offspring.

Experts say the impact of the Schmallenberg virus is likely to be at some of the highest levels we've seen nationally, but that cases are likely being under reported and the true situation may be much worse.

Another corollary of increased average global temperatures that isn't given the consideration it deserves. Warmer, damper weather = higher numbers of parasitic insects = higher amounts of disease caused by those insects.

[leicsmac]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68835575

 

A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was "impossible" without human-induced climate change, scientists say.

Temperatures soared above 48C in Mali last month with one hospital linking hundreds of deaths to the extreme heat.

Researchers say human activities like burning fossil fuels made temperatures up to 1.4C hotter than normal.

A separate study on drought in Southern Africa said El Niño was to blame, rather than climate change.

 

For me, El Nino certainly acts as a multiplier, but as the graph above categorically shows, it just sticks an extra peak in what is overwhelmingly an upward trend.

[leicsmac]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68863796

 

Rishi Sunak has "set us back" on climate change and left the UK at risk of falling behind other countries, the head of a government watchdog has said.

Chris Stark, head of the Climate Change Committee (CCC), told the BBC the prime minister had "clearly not" prioritised the issue as much as his predecessors.

He accused Mr Sunak of sending the world a message that the UK is now "less ambitious" than it once was.

 

[...]Mr Stark said politicians in the UK across the spectrum have a "collective fear" of talking about climate change.

"You look out your window and you see we've had, you know, the wettest 18 months ever in this country, we've got the hottest year on record in the last 12 months.

"I think people around the world know climate change is happening, but there is definitely a fear of talking about it in British politics at the moment."

He cautioned against leaving a "vacuum" where climate change denial could creep in.

 

Short-term self interest trying to creep in and wreck the future, yet again.

[leicsmac]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68897443

 

Deadly storms that left Dubai under water and killed more than 20 people in Oman were likely made worse by climate change, scientists say.

Heat pumped into the atmosphere by humans made the record rainfall 10-40% heavier, they say.

But the natural weather pattern El Niño also drove the intense storms.

Scientists warn the link to climate change is not fully certain because the rarity of rainfall in the region gives them little data to work with.

The study was carried out by scientists with the World Weather Attribution group. The experts also said the way that cities have been built made the impacts of the storm worse.

 

The tip of the (shrinking) iceberg when it comes to the consequences to come.

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[Innovindil]

On 20/04/2024 at 14:38, leicsmac said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68863796

 

Rishi Sunak has "set us back" on climate change and left the UK at risk of falling behind other countries, the head of a government watchdog has said.

Chris Stark, head of the Climate Change Committee (CCC), told the BBC the prime minister had "clearly not" prioritised the issue as much as his predecessors.

He accused Mr Sunak of sending the world a message that the UK is now "less ambitious" than it once was.

 

[...]Mr Stark said politicians in the UK across the spectrum have a "collective fear" of talking about climate change.

"You look out your window and you see we've had, you know, the wettest 18 months ever in this country, we've got the hottest year on record in the last 12 months.

"I think people around the world know climate change is happening, but there is definitely a fear of talking about it in British politics at the moment."

He cautioned against leaving a "vacuum" where climate change denial could creep in.

 

Short-term self interest trying to creep in and wreck the future, yet again.

Doesn't look like Scotland is doing much better either. And that's with the greens holding more power than they ever have. Not good. 

[leicsmac]

5 minutes ago, Innovindil said:

Doesn't look like Scotland is doing much better either. And that's with the greens holding more power than they ever have. Not good. 

Given what's going on up there right now, I would certainly agree.

 

Not good at all. For one thing, the farming community are utterly up in arms about how it's affecting their yields this year (and it really is), but there doesn't seem to be anyone in high places either able or willing to take on applying solutions.