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[tobyjugg2]

The Met Office has extended its “danger to life” warning over extreme heat for a further 24 hours, with the possibility that temperatures could hit a record-breaking 40C.

 

 

 

Danger to life alert extended next week due to extreme heat

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Temperatures could hit record-breaking 40C, forecasters warn

 

[tobyjugg2]

+1 and add in fines that are representative of the criminality, okus FULL costs of cleanup

 

Jail bosses of polluting water companies, environment watchdog says

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‘Company directors let this happen. We plan to make it too painful for them to continue like this’

 

[tobyjugg2]

On 14/01/2022 at 14:44, tobyjugg2 said:

Despite COPout 26, and Given that greenhouse gasses continue to be released unabated, and seemingly sill increasing, this seems to nail it.

 

Dear ___,

Thank you for emailing me asking for a comment about 2021 being one of the hottest years in the record.

 

No, this is not surprising - it is exactly in line with predictions.

Here is a comment you can use for your story:

 

'Every year for the rest of your life will be one of the hottest in the record. This in turn means that 2021 will end up being among the coldest years of this century.

 

Enjoy it while it lasts.

I look forward to hearing from you next year.' "

 

- Andrew Dessler, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and climate scientist at Texas A&M

 

 

As we swelter in a record breaking heatwave, a little reminder of the even harsher reality

 

Dear ___,

Thank you for emailing me asking for a comment about 2021 being one of the hottest years in the record.

 

No, this is not surprising - it is exactly in line with predictions.

Here is a comment you can use for your story:

 

'Every year for the rest of your life will be one of the hottest in the record. This in turn means that 2021 will end up being among the coldest years of this century.

 

Enjoy it while it lasts.

I look forward to hearing from you next year.' "

 

- Andrew Dessler, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and climate scientist

 

 

[tobyjugg2]

Already 27 degrees in conservatory and its had all the heat reflective blinds down since bedtime last night (insulated and reflective on the outside facing)

Not got full sun yet and very shielded on south facing side with quite close high fence with massive plant growth

[tobyjugg2]

Legal setback for government over net zero strategy as Britain swelters in heatwave

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Record temperatures expected as red alert issued for extreme heat

 

[tobyjugg2]

Well worth a read as a reasonably straight forward summary of some of the issues

 

 

What’s Behind Europe’s Heat Waves? - The New York Times

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This year’s scorching weather is in keeping with a trend. Scientists say a number of factors, including changes in the jet stream, are in play.

 

[tobyjugg2]

‘Decades’ to fix buckling rail lines and melting tarmac for climate crisis - minister

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Grant Shapps says rail network only built to withstand 35C – because it was ‘never imagined’ that UK would face higher temperatures

 

[honeybee13]

Marks out of 10 for anticipation for politicians?

 

This isn't new, is it? Champagne houses for instance have been buying up land in Kent for years because of expectations of global warming. Possibly they should have looked further north given how things are this week.

[tobyjugg2]

Pictures show UK reservoirs bone-dry amid searing heatwave

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High demand for drinking water has taken its toll

 

[honeybee13]

The BBC on climate change lobbying.

 

The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change

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Thirty years ago, a bold plan was hatched to persuade people that climate change was not a problem.

 

[tobyjugg2]

and its still happening

Look at the licenses for north sea drilling and UK fracking being proposed, none of which will address ANY of the issues - except oil company profits

[tobyjugg2]

"The world is actually dying and they’re still in the playground."

- Chris Packham on the Tory populist leadership contest

[tobyjugg2]

"Private water utilities have racked up debt £48bn since privatisation, with an annual interest cost of £1.3bn. Despite this debt, in the same period they’ve paid out £57bl in shareholder dividends.

Howard Beckett

 

[honeybee13]

I haven't got my head around all this yet but it's certainly thought-provoking and an unusual obit.

 

James Lovelock obituary | James Lovelock | The Guardian

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Scientist, environmentalist, inventor and exponent of the Gaia theory of the Earth as a self-regulating system

 

[tobyjugg2]

A truly astounding person whos perceptions on our home world brought some elements considered part of mysticism into scientific reality.

 

Perhaps if we called our ONLY home Gaia instead of Earth (dirt) and understood it is an integrated collaborative system that we are part of, we might treat our only home better.

 

One example of something sadly not understood by far too many (mycorrhizal network):

With a little help from my friends

This complex network connecting trees is dependent on a symbiotic relationship with microbes in the soil like fungi and bacteria. Symbiosis is when two separate organisms form a mutually advantageous relationship with each other. Fungi can cover a large surface area by developing white fungal threads known as mycelium. Mycelium spreads out on top of tree roots by up-taking sugars from the tree and by providing vital minerals back to the tree, such as nitrogen and phosphorus (Figure 2). This symbiotic relationship between tree roots and fungi is known as the mycorrhizal network

 

 

Exploring The Underground Network of Trees – The Nervous System of the Forest - Science in the News

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As humans, we distinguish ourselves from other species by our ability to communicate... and yet, the humble tree is challenging our claim to fame.

 

Edited July 27, 2022 by tobyjugg2

[honeybee13]

I don't think I've read an obit like it, TJ. I shall continue to consider what he said but it's wide-ranging and I'm not necessarily science-oriented.

[tobyjugg2]

Worth examining HB, for a truly thought provoking perspective to the established hard core Darwinian science, and a perspective which even makes (scientific) sense of what might be otherwise considered some aspects of so called intelligent design  .. (but not by an evangelist God)

 

Nothing really 'weird and certainly not definitive - just that life (be it animals or plants) know when something is doing it good - and actively seek it out, just as a plant seeks warmth and sunlight - intelligence, perspective ...

- something that seems it well might be more than a simple 'survival of the fittest' and includes mutual benefits when it seems they could just take. (like the example i posted as a well documented case to consider)

 

None truly disproves Darwinism, nor should it - its clearly a most crucial aspect, but it certainly gives great pause for consideration that there may well be a bit more to it.

(Spent whole nights discussing this back and forth at times)

 

 

[tobyjugg2]

The basics. Needs viewing to understand the truly scary stats and predictions (which aren't solid by any means and I sincerely hope are wrong and just blips) that are developing regarding the upcoming 2025 solar maximum.

 

 

 

 

 

Sun & climate: moving in opposite directions

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<p>In the last 35 years of global warming, the sun has shown a slight cooling trend. Sun and climate have been going in opposite directions.</p>

 

[tobyjugg2]

Hosepipe ban imposed after England’s driest July for a century

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Southern Water said the temporary ban would come into effect on 5 August.

 

Southern Water said river flows are now approximately 25 per cent lower than they should be at this time of year

... despite the millions of liters of sewage injected into the waterways

Edited July 29, 2022 by tobyjugg2

[tobyjugg2]

‘Soon it will be unrecognisable’: total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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Blistering heatwaves are just the start. We must accept how bad things are before we can head off global catastrophe, according to a leading UK...

 

“Just look at what is happening already to a world which has only heated up by just over one degree,” says McGuire. “It turns out the climate is changing for the worse far quicker than predicted by early climate models. That’s something that was never expected.”

 

"Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, when humanity began pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, global temperatures have risen by just over 1C. At the Cop26 climate meeting in Glasgow last year, it was agreed that every effort should be made to try to limit that rise to 1.5C, "

"to achieve such a goal, it was calculated that global carbon emissions will have to be reduced by 45% by 2030."

“In the real world, that is not going to happen,” says McGuire. “Instead, we are on course for close to a 14% rise in emissions by that date"

[tobyjugg2]

Source of River Thames dries out ‘for first time’ during drought | Rivers | The Guardian

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Head of the Thames is now more than 5 miles downstream as forecasters warn of further high temperatures to come

 

 

but don't worry Londoners - theres all that extra water pressing in from outside the barrier ....

 

[honeybee13]

Possibly not the right forum for this, but here''s one for TJ.

 

Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers | Rivers | The Guardian

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The long read: A tide of effluent, broken laws and ruthless cuts is devastating the nations’ waterways. An academic and a detective have dredged up the...

 

[tobyjugg2]

Criminal - they need to be prosecuted - yet they are calling for more compulsory water meters to protect their profits.

 

While the reality is more dividends and bonuses, reservoirs empty, rivers polluted and drying up, drinking water pressure and quality reduced, and feces  lierally being poured into the waterways.

ALL governments are a party to, and to blame for this.

[theoldrouge]

Five words that are undermining British Democracy 

“trust the science “ and “climate emergency “

Meanwhile here’s one for all you Trevor Kavanagh fans (seems to be a few converts lately

 

Heatwave is no crisis but that hasn't stopped BBC and Nanny state going into overdrive - we need to get a grip | The Sun

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HOW will the BBC’s angry birds cope when arch-villain Boris Johnson is gone? How will they fill their...

 

[tobyjugg2]

Ah, the hosepipe bans, calls for everybody to have to have a water meter and pay more, another heat warning straight after the last one, the driest July in almost a century (and another next year, and the year after, and the year after), some river at their lowest EVER (and most polluted since the 18th century) ..

are all just another normal day eh?

Not yet they aren't - but they very soon will be.