23rd July - Today's News: Flash Floods Follow New York Heatwave

Severe storms and heavy downpours leaves New York streets underwater less than 24 hours after the temperatures hit 100F

Deadly floods hit south and east China

Across the USA, record high temperatures far exceed record lows - a trend of the climate crisis

A report urges us to 'restore UK bogs' to tackle climate change though it does miss the point that many of our upland bogs are, at least in part, caused by deforestation ....  I'd rather see bogs drained and replanted with native trees.   Would help cut down the midge population too!   Meanwhile,  East Anglia and the Fens are our main arable farming region so if they revert to peat bog, where does our food come from?  Imported from abroad meaning an increase in CO2 emissions (until they invent nuclear fusion planes and boats, anyway).  Plus an increase in farmland meaning elsewhere, which means draining bogs or cutting down forests in other countries.

40 years ago, scientists predicted climate change. And hey, they were right The Charney Report was published by the Woods Hole Institute in July 1979

And more sensitive climates are more variable climates - with slowdowns in warming ,ore likely if the atmosphere is more sensitive to CO2 levels