2nd October - Today's News: Summer 2010 4th Warmest on Record (GISS)
17mm of rain in Evesham - nearly as much as for the whole of September. A respite today then more rain expected overnight and tomorrow. Then more later next week ..... But hopefully I'll make a few pounds out of this through a promotion Walkers Crisps are running - pick the right time and place where it'll rain and win a tenner every time. Made £70 yesterday.
So, just how warm was this summer? According to GISS it was overall the 4th warmest in their 131 year record. 2009 came in as second warmest. However, last year El Nino conditions meant a warm Pacific whereas this summer saw the opposite, La Nina, bringing colder temperatures and this made a big difference to the overall global picture.
A barmy 'elf and safety snow clearance policy in Lancashire overturned but across the country there are already concerns that some Councils 'short of road grit' - a problem if winter is anything like last year,
Whilst La Nina has little if any influence on Britain's climate, it does mean that this winter could be a whopper in the Pacific Northwest.
In the US the rain continues as Northeast storm brings sheets of rain, high winds
After LA's heatwave earlier this week, rainy season starts with bangs, flashes
A new report published in Nature finds World's rivers in 'crisis state'
Climate change target 'not safe' according to researchers at the University of Exeter. Basically, they've determined that during the Eemian (Ipswichian) Interglacial the world was overall 1.9c warmer than today - and this was a world with scant Greenland ice sheets, much higher sea levels and hippos wallowing in the Thames. Current targets are aimed at preventing average global temps rising more than 2c .... But what's so wrong with hippos in the Thames?
In Indonesia there are currently 21 volcanoes across country ready to go off - let's hope they don't all go off at once. Though I suppose if they did we could stop worrying about hippos in the Thames!
It could be the closest we've come to finding true aliens: 'Goldilocks planet just right for life' - though Gleise 581g is in a tidal locked orbit around a red dwarf and life will have evolved quite differently there to on Earth.
So, just how warm was this summer? According to GISS it was overall the 4th warmest in their 131 year record. 2009 came in as second warmest. However, last year El Nino conditions meant a warm Pacific whereas this summer saw the opposite, La Nina, bringing colder temperatures and this made a big difference to the overall global picture.
A barmy 'elf and safety snow clearance policy in Lancashire overturned but across the country there are already concerns that some Councils 'short of road grit' - a problem if winter is anything like last year,
Whilst La Nina has little if any influence on Britain's climate, it does mean that this winter could be a whopper in the Pacific Northwest.
In the US the rain continues as Northeast storm brings sheets of rain, high winds
After LA's heatwave earlier this week, rainy season starts with bangs, flashes
A new report published in Nature finds World's rivers in 'crisis state'
Climate change target 'not safe' according to researchers at the University of Exeter. Basically, they've determined that during the Eemian (Ipswichian) Interglacial the world was overall 1.9c warmer than today - and this was a world with scant Greenland ice sheets, much higher sea levels and hippos wallowing in the Thames. Current targets are aimed at preventing average global temps rising more than 2c .... But what's so wrong with hippos in the Thames?
In Indonesia there are currently 21 volcanoes across country ready to go off - let's hope they don't all go off at once. Though I suppose if they did we could stop worrying about hippos in the Thames!
It could be the closest we've come to finding true aliens: 'Goldilocks planet just right for life' - though Gleise 581g is in a tidal locked orbit around a red dwarf and life will have evolved quite differently there to on Earth.
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