couldnt it be the fact that nobody in the UK respects the sun. our summers have been rubbish for such a long time that we have forgotten how to behave in the heat. We should really take lessons from Spain, Greece, Italy and other Mediterranean countries and stay out of the midday sun.
York. No. This change is in its infancey but next year will wake us all up. We're going see a heavy winter and lose autumn and spring. Watch the food markets. This has nothing to do with CO2. This is our sun quieting.
In 2017 was it even considered as a heatwave. I don’t even remember the temperatures above 25°c and that was in Manchester. Then in July and August it was just cold and rain
1:30 looks like the Earth only started to get warmer in the 1980s. Seems weird considering the industrial revolution began in the 1820s yet they Year’s following that were still cold
Xenu#Scientology We have to do what we can now to mitigate the worst effects. If the world came together and pulled its resources, who knows what we could achieve in 5-10 years time? I for one think that we owe it to our children and grandchildren and future generations to at the very least... try.
Bible says that humans are superior and nature could be used as per human needs. Buddhist teachings respect nature and is the most ideal culture for human beings. Fuck jesus
According to ice core samples taken from Greenland there have been several periods of global warming far higher than today over the last 10,000 years. During Medieval warming, Roman warming, and Minoan warming temperatures were far hotter than today. When someone shows you a graph that only goes back 100 years they are being highly disingenuous to say the least.
Weather systems are heat engines. Increase the heat flow and they run harder. Expect more weather both hot and cold. More storms just more maybe lots more..... have fun :)
I'm not saying that global warming isn't true but they can't keep blaming everything on it. It's a hot dry summer and so we're told that hot dry summers are going to become the norm because of global warming, then we have a cold wet summer and so were told we should expect most future summers to be cold and wet because of global warming. Then we get a cold dry winter which is what we can expect most winters to be like from now on thanks to global warming except the next year it's mild and wet which most future winters are now likely be like due to global warming. We have a flood then we can expect more floods due to global warming until we have a drought so we need to prepare for perpetual droughts caused by global warming. Then we will get a summer that is statistically exactly average, but exact averages are so unusual that that must be down to global warming as well.
I Agree global warning is overused as an excuse when the real issue is bad management of a resource. California wild fires and Cape Town water crisis come to mind as examples of this. Global warming has not helped either but Cape Town water management is a complete basket case and California has failed in basic forestry management. As far as weather goes it is changing so expect strange unpredictable crazy stuff probably covers it. I live in the UK and because we live on the boundary between the Arctic cell and the Ferrel cells we are used to a fairly wide range of stuff so we should be OK.
We had mostly la Niña type of conditions from 2007-12 that caused some overturning in tandem with the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation that was taking place, now it's become more zonal if I'm making myself clear here. Our world will warm up provided our weather stays in zonal mode and el Niño becomes the dominant player.
I still think they are too focused on just taxing carbon emissions out of existence. I think their primary focus should be to replace the carbon based energy sources and technology, thus making it obsolete, and giving any and all financial aid to industries and RD in fields that try to do just that. Then they can add a carbon tax as a secondary tactic. In many countries enough of their energy is being supplied by alternative energy that you could impose a carbon tax in those sectors. This will help us move forward faster and fix the problem, while not causing quite the economic hardship that strongly relying on punitive measures do.
Yeah, I kind of agree. Maybe a small tax at first could be used to help invest in new energies, rather than tax carbon out of existence? I think there should be more investment in these new technologies that actively pull carbon out of the atmosphere, like those buildings which have a special chemical coating. Also, I'm pretty sure that methane is the most potent greenhouse gas and they come mostly from beef production, so maybe there should be investment into either more effective beef production methods or artificial meat.
Just plant more trees, they inhale carbon dioxide. Simple solution without a massive economical change for anyone... The CARBON TAX is just another tax for the tax and spend liberals to spend... Greyhound Canada asked for relief from the government. Greyhound Canada got a CARBON TAX. Not exactly what they were wanting, a significant increase for their fuel. No wonder Greyhound Canada chose to shut down operations outside of Ontario and a little bit more to Montreal... Unintended consequences of a CARBON TAX, ask the Australians... For most of rural Canada the public transportation company is thumbing a ride unsafely...
You have the right idea but the fossil fuel industry is a very powerful political lobby. There is technology being developed to replace fossil fuels - hydrogen fusion - but underfunding means that the work has been delayed by decades. The Iter project in France should have been turned on in 2022 but it will be delayed until 2035 at the earliest. Politicians only ever talk about solar and wind and these technologies will never completely replace fossil fuels. We need governments to give fusion research the investment it needs to really make a difference.
It has not been above 25C for the entire summer so far over the whole of the UK. 30C+ over Scotland is still very much an extreme temperature and is very much a rarity for Scotland and will remain so. 26C to 28C has not exactly suddenly become a cool fresh day for the UK, and 29C is not a common temperature when it rains in the UK over the summer.
Because of the way the jet stream is behaving, I think future summers will either be very hot and prolonged or very wet/mild and prolonged. The same will probably be for future winters as well. They’ll either be very prolonged cold or very prolonged wet/mild. That’s my theory anyway.
I don't think I've ever wished for winter to hurry up so much. I can't sleep, the grass is pretty much all gone and worst of all, I made ZERO progress towards weight loss over the winter so there's no way I'm wearing anything too revealing.
The citizens of this planet can have a much bigger affect on the damage caused to the environment, than any government. Don`t drive your car unless you have to and most importantly don`t buy anything made from plastic. Manufacturers and sellers would quickly respond to market forces
How bout instead of blaming the citizens we get more regulations over the factories and industries that are doing the most polluting? A car is less pollution than a McDonald's happy meal.
Why have regulation. People stop buying stuff factories stop making it. Yes mac`s is not as bad as a car, but that`s a fairly low bench mark to start from. Most Mac customers drive there. It`s the sort of people they are .
The danger is not that peopel will turn up at hospitals dying of heat. It is that crops will die of heat. Plant species are adapted to particular ecological niches of temperature, humidity, soil etc. Change any of these and you will get crop failure. Climate is changing many thousands of times faster than the ability of species to adapt. The Met guy is comparing this year to 1976. One little data point that allows of no comparison is the sea surface temperature at Svalbard, formerly ice bound, at 78N. If you look at SST's for one day - July 6th - you will see a year-on-year rise since 2014, from minus 0.8C to 16.6C this year.
I don’t want to be drawn in to an argument with people who think climate change is bullshit or a distraction. I hope you guys are right I really do. I’m just reacting to what’s happening in the world and the way things look like they’re going from the information I’ve read and seen in recent months and years. I am an optimist but also a realist. We can change the world but only if we want to.
Please enlighten me mighty MonkeyZorr. Did I offend your religious beliefs? I'm aware of the rebuttal to GISP2. Easterbrook's 1855 "present" etc. Do you have any idea what I'm referencing or are you the ignorant idiot here? Dr Easterbrook is Professor Emeritus of Geology at Western Washington University but I'm sure he's an "Ignorant idiot" too.
Mike Smith - Are you talking to me? Greenland was green because the climate was warmer. It was warmer still 1000 years earlier than that. Although the levels of CO2 were possibly much lower, it appears that the climate would be much cooler today if the levels of CO2 were normal - which they are not.
We're finally having to deal with our choices, with what humanity has done to our planet. This quote from Marshall Vian Summers says it all: "Humanity is at the threshold of great global change, world change on a scale never seen before, caused now by humanity’s misuse and overuse of the world, by human ignorance and human greed. It is a condition now that will affect the lives of every person. Though few are yet aware of it, it is a global emergency. You have changed the chemistry of the atmosphere, of the waters and the soils. And now the world is changing-changing so rapidly, so dangerously, changing now in ways that will affect you more than you realize."
I live around Seattle area for about 30 years and this summer was nothing but hot and hot and hot. about 90 + degrees on July and now August looks pretty much the same. Usually summer is between 70s to 80s+ but not this year.
kudopoint1 the UK carrier bag charge is only a bum deal for those who are too lazy to reuse the bags they already own.... that's the whole point of the tax, ie to encourage people to reuse bags. In most supermarkets if you pay extra, (a total of 10p per bag) you can buy a bag that the supermarket will replace free of charge when it's worn out...so if you get your act together and reuse bags it should cost the average shopper less than £1 for bags they can use for the rest of their lives. What's wrong with that?
Bookie, there's still the stubborn 20% who pay every time, scarcely noticing the 5p charge. Maybe it should be higher. Some shops always ask you if your want a bag - others assume you do and give you one unless you stop them.
What is nature and what do we consider part of it? If we are part of nature then any change we make to nature is natural. Or are we all above nature? Or perhaps just you and yours....
A climate change "tax" to pay for damage? How is any tax going to compensate for damage to the environment? Who will be reaping the financial benefit of our climate destruction? That makes absolutely sense.
3 to 4 degrees or anywhere near means that we cannot grow grains at scale. The Russian and US grain belt will burn and we will starve. 2010 in Russia was a drought event similar to 2018. This led to a 30% decline in wheat exports, higher food prices, particularly in the Middle East. The Arab Spring looks like, at least in part, a response to this. www.marketswiki.com/wiki/Russian_Wheat_Crisis_of_2010
right with the climate change guy until he talked about taxes, NO!! It all comes down to persuading people to be responsible with energy use, investing in new technologies and building homes that are energy efficient.
A CARBON TAX is just another tax grab for the tax and spend liberal politicians to fund their favorite agendas. Instead of taxing us, the poor and lower middle classes, why not give tax breaks to provide incentives to switch? There is more than one way to screw a lightbulb into a outlet. Right handed and left handed...
Mr Zorr I completely accept the science of climate change, I just differ in how to tackle the problem. I would like to see the government empower people to make good choices when it comes to energy consumption, to help them install (on a small scale) solar panels on their own homes and make it easy to install water butts to provide water for washing (both personal and for laundry). Most people want to make good choices, the problem is that at the moment its too expensive. The government should change building requirements so that new homes are energy efficient i.e. take a minimum of energy to warm in winter but will be cool in summer (thus requiring a minimum of air conditioning). We should accept that tidal barriers that could provide a good proportion of energy will have some adverse affects on the wetlands environment, nuclear fusion should be a priority for energy research (the tech is there its just making it efficient). The challenge is providing 21st century living standards whilst using the energy of the 1950s. Taxes are the worst way as they hit the poorest hardest, I myself am designing an eco-home which I hope to build, it is extremely efficient in its energy use whilst still providing a 21st century standard of living.
Deal Walrave Each of these points merits an essay in and of themselves but here are just a few reasons why I'm against carbon taxes 1) I don't trust any government to use the revenue collected from carbon taxes specifically to tackle climate change e.g. should the NHS get into further difficulties it would be tempting to use the revenue from such taxes to prop up the NHS instead of tackling a long-term problem. 2) Such taxes are fundamentally regressive, they WILL hurt the poor most; both in terms of direct taxation AND fewer opportunities due to industry taxation. Ultimately taxes are crude, unwieldy ways of solving problems that often hurt those they are (in theory) meant to help, and often provide no incentive for actually taking virtuous action. For example why are gym memberships subject to VAT? The government wants us to be more active BUT taxes a service that helps people to loose excess weight and remain in shape, for loosing a few billion in the short-term it could save tens of billions through reduced strain on the NHS in the long-term. 3) I don't believe that they will actually work in changing people's behavior, in contrast empowering people to make improvements to their own properties through the installation of solar panels, water butts etc. will make an appreciable difference to their lives e.g. I have calculated that the solar panels and interior design planned for the ecohome I am planning will pay themselves off in 6 years through reduced energy costs, water butts will reduce my water usage from the mains. Now should the government make it easier for me to realize my dreams or tax me further which would prevent me from making good choices.
Jack Hughes 1) People obviously won't change the trajectory of climate change, that's why we've reached this point. The system encourages us to use fossil fuel. 2) Carbon tax hits people who use the most carbon the most, it will have very little impact on people without big houses, a lot of gadgets, cars, international holidays, etc. 3) Most people don't live in their own house on which they can place a solar panel, nor do they have the money for then what ever tax breaks there are.
1976 - LOL. 2018 is not an el nino year. Blue ocean event is imminent & average temperatures are irrelevant when there is no food. It only takes one year where the crops get cooked.
The man from the Met said it's probably part of natural cycles in the weather. Meanwhile China says it's going to build 700 coal fired power plants, will they be charged a tax, or is it just for us?
Of course we can and probably should produce more stuff to make our homes less vulnerable to heat, but the production and instalation produces more heat too. Important isue is agriculture, we need forrestation, and make deserts green!
It's not climate change, it's like an opposite ice age. For example in the years 1200-1600 the summers around the world were as hot if not hotter. Then after the world cooled down with association with the 1814 tambora volcano eruption that cooled the world temperature sigbificantly
There were several enormous volcanic eruptions during the 1800s that caused massive global cooling. 1815 was known as the "Year Without a Summer" after the Tambora eruption. Then there was Krakatoa in 1883. Do you think that may have had an effect? You'd need a much, much longer time scale than 100 or so years to display any kind of useful information. That graph was simply ridiculous.
trolltider är här When I was at school back in the 90's I distinctly remember reading a geography text book that predicted where I'm living would be under water by now. Guess what? The coastline is pretty much the same as it was and I'm on dry land. Nobody's disputing that we use a lot of oil but it's evident that nobody has a clue what the outcomes of that will be.
From Australia’s p.o.v. England, stay inside, have good ventilation in your house. Wear minimal clothing and were s shitload of sunscreen and hats. It may be hot, but it will get hotter, but Australia has normal hot summers that go up to 40°c.
Its complete rubbish that since pre industrial levels the average temp has risen by 1.0 centigrade. 1750 is when we started warming the earth, so its more like 1.6
There is a ten year time lag between emission of CO2 and maximum heating effect (that's according to the scientific literature) so the ehating we are experiencing today is largely down to what we pit into teh air back in 2008. CO2 concentration was 392ppm that year, nearly 20ppm lower than now, so what sort of heating will the earth experience between now and 2028? Bear in mind that you can't remove CO2 from the atmosphere and it will remain there for maybe the next millenium.
Excessive Droughts are very common in the historical record - 2018 was a dry hot summer but we also had a long severe winter with very cold temperatures. It was the first prolonged heatwave the UK has had since 2003 - since then our summers have been rather forgettable. A typical solar minimum year, which were very common during the LIA. The jet stream becomes long and wild leading to more unseasonable erratic weather. The wilder out of sync jet stream's form more blockages i.e. locked in patterns of hot, cold, dry and wet conditions. Conditions are not always predicted, as the commentator stated, that also ocean temperatures have a big impact and they do, especially in Western Europe controlling our weather as well as the jet streams. Erratic weather can occur during years within Solar Maxima's due to the bizarre fluctuations in ocean cycles influencing the weather patterns. Sun-Ocean-Earth magnetic links are still not understood and I'm glad NASA have finally sent the Parker probe to study the Sun. It probably has a subsidiary mission in studying the upcoming (most likely) weak Solar Cycle 25 and a probable impending Grand Solar Minimum. Years which fall within solar minimum's tend to not have 4 seasons but rather 2 or 3 instead. This year we went from full winter conditions in mid April to full summer/drought conditions, with no spring. Important read assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/290832/scho1206blsm-e-e.pdf ''It is clear that throughout the historical record, drought has been a recurring feature of the UK climate, with recent drought events by no means exceptional in terms of their intensity or duration. The impression from this limited study is that there is a repeated tendency throughout the historical record for dry years to cluster together, which results in multi-year droughts that contain shorter, more intense periods (e.g., 1798-1808, 1854- 1860, 1890-1909, 1990-1992 and 1995-1997)'' (Please note: Their other conclusion is that conditions have become more arid, but this was in 2006, since then we've had 3 very wet summers, 2007-2012-2017.)
Climate change involves looking at average temperature change over hundreds if not thousands of years. Looking at a resolution of individual years or anything less than 100 years could be just natural variation.
Except that the system is still subject to the rules of causality. In other words things change for a reason. There are many natural drivers of the climate. Long study of these processes show that over the recent past they do not match what we are actually experiencing. Additional agency is at work.
Could it also have something to do with the fact that all these instances are happening in countries which have been committing unconscionable violence to the black people for eons????
We need to live in small scale selfsufficient, local communities. Production need to be as local as possible because that will reduce carbon emmisions significantly. People need to be encourage to grow their own food. Globalism need to be rejected because that increased fossil fuel dependency.
There's no merit in the science & technology (a fancy way of saying he's full of shit that I don't want to say in this decorous venue) of "are constructed to keep the heat in during freezing winters, not let it out during boiling summers" at 3:04 because during boiling summers the intent should be to keep the heat out not to let it out. If it's 99 Fahrenheit outside and your home was constructed to let the heat out then your home, obviously, would be 99 Fahrenheit. The more insulation your home has the more it can be kept cool during boiling summers with less mechanical cooling, it works both ways. Ideally, you want your home to take advantage the large day-night temperature difference by exposing it to outside when outside is closer to your preferred temperature (either warmer than or cooler than) than inside. You do this of course, by opening all doors & windows. When outside is further from your preferred temperature than inside then you close all doors & windows. In all cases, maximum insulation in walls & ceiling is best. Gloss white paint on the entire exterior is best (but of course it's unattractive except that it blends beautifully in Swansea streets). If it's a house then there's considerations about geothermal seasonal temperature stability advantage, but that's getting detailed.
Why do people begin sentences (especially questions) with the word "so". If a question is hostile, fair enough but in normal circumstances, starting with the word "so" just sounds rude and ignorant. Needless to say, everything else he says is compromised as a result of the "so".
The most terrifying thing for the people who featured in this report is that they are, because of their priveleged up bringing, the least prepared to deal with the social break down caused by Anthropogenic Global warming. But on the up side for people like me they are a protein rich resource which we can easily harvest and eat.
Definitely need more green space, reforestation projects, planting more shade and oxygen producing trees. Trees will absorb carbon dioxide better than any other means, we need more oxygen to cool the planet. Earth will find a balance.
Well we here in Iceland have got a summer that this far below normal summer weather. This has been a record breaking summer in a negative sense, since this summer has been rather chilly, very wet and almost without sunshine. It is more like a late-October weather we have got this summer. Worst of all, this weather has been prevailing since early May and it is predicted to continue this way well into October. Hence, the year 2018 is a year without a summer. Therefore, we welcome Global Warming and hopes that it will be much warmer here in Iceland after this chilly and shitty summer.
You can NOT judge weather change judging by 200 years!!! Temperature changes take place ever since 100 000 thousands of years! "Greenland" is covered by ice today, some hundred years ago it was covered by green vegetation!!! That is why it IS named "Greenland".... Think about it!
We are not judging we are measuring and calculating. We only need to deal with what is happening today not what has happened in the deep past. Although studying what has happened in the deep past is the way by which you seek to understand the mechanisms involved. We have access to evidence stretching back many millions of years to guide us in this. We can discus the nature of this evidence for example ice cores if you like. It was named Greenland to attract Viking settlers. Did not work out for them
I live in Vermont, one of the coolest states in the country, and it's been 35-37C on a routine basis, sometimes for a week straight! I can't bear this heat, it's so bad that people are sheltering in the police station and library because they have air conditioning! People are literally dying, and I can't wait for fall...
These guys are far too conservative in their analysis of what has happened and what is happening. We've reached a climate tipping point. Events have accelerated quite markedly, only those in complete denial can't see that. If the current trend continues then next summer will be hotter than last summer, and humanity is unprepared for that. I guess society will finally take this seriously when entire countries run out of water or food.
What this means in the most likely interpretation that I can summon is that on a global scale, more and more women will be leaving their homes clad only in their knickers. Men on the other hand will likely be utilising those little mixed drink umbrellas in their glasses of ale to keep the brew cold longer. It will be a strange new world, but adaptation is possible.
The last heatwaves were in 1976 / 1989 / 2003 / 2018 which is 13,14,15 years gap so the next one should be in 2034. In between the summers were rubbish like this global warming nonsense !
0:54 I want to see scientific reports on this. What is this? Is it us? What is the most effective course of action? Enough with the speculations and gut feelings...
CO2 is not the only issue. There are many. But it is the one we have some control over. If you are referring to UV from the suns corona that has been researched and is a known driver.
Could someone please explain this? We suck approx. 80 million barrels of fossil fuel out of the earth every 24 hours. We burn approx. 40 millions barrels of it in 24 hours., and have been doing so for quite some time...decades+. And we pump all that carbon, plus all the other goodies that come with it, into our delicate, paper-thin atmosphere! Is there any real, generally consensual explanation for this?????? Or should I go back to watching the Three Stooges?
If you were to put five small boat propellers into a small river and allow them to flow with the river...would the river's flow slow down or speed up??.....i know which my money would be on. It must be having some effect, after all, it's man-made and we tend to screw things up mostly. WIND FARMS...????...FRACKING?????
To the person reading this, you are who God says you are. You are made in the image of God, The Creator of heaven and earth. Because of His love for you and I, He sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die for you so that you can have everlasting life and not go to hell. Jesus Christ is the only Messiah, the King of kings, the Beginning and the End. Jesus Christ is the Savior of the whole world. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, invite Him into your heart/life today. Wherever you are, He can hear you for He is everywhere. Remember Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to God. Jesus loves you sooooo much so that He gave His life for you. You are valuable...You are loved.
Hey, BBC, quickly promote to get more people into the UK to accelerate the warming with more pakistanis living on the edge of idustrialized luxury. Do it!
forgetting that even if UK could manage the situation, by changing crops and increase reservoirs, one effect that will be not able to halt is mass immigration from EU and other regions. On top of that, you may feel the drop in exports (once other countries will reduce their production and sales) and increasing pressure to engage in new wars.No need to explain the consequences of that in your social welfare budget and the effect of increase antisocial behaviour and violence across the kingdom .
Hi Sandro, if NATA did not attack Libya the African migrants would not be able to get on a ferry. Italy should sue NATO. Greece should put them on a boat to Germany and France, The countries responsible... Also, prices and pay need to change so Europeans get paid enough to work the land without cheap immigrant labour. When the US had high tariffs it encouraged internal sustainability and massive profitability.
Get real: The general representation of the sea ice to be dismissive, as it doesn't count the volume, but just the area. Surely it's better to have thin ice & more reflective surface, than just a dark ocean. Looking like most of the ice will be gone in just few years and maybe even this year. Think nobody can't say for sure if for ex. 90% of the ice will be gone in weeks or does it still take few more years? Really worrying situation we have here. We need indoor farming in a large scale for ex. because there Has to be enough capacity to decommission all the nuclear sites before they are flooded. More food equals(vaguely) more people/capacity. Been looking the surface temperatures globally from earth.nullschool.net and wondering the amount of heat we have globally in the atmosphere compared to any earlier point of time going back from few months ago? Has ocean released heat, or some other explanation like that the total heat is not much greater, than it has been for for ex. few last years? Not the least worrying thing is, that Antarctica's ice shelf is not stable by any means(just this year there was found evidence, that the ice will collapse/farcture to the ocean. We do not Now how much there is time to secure((decommissioning of the nuclear power plants(?)), as we really do not know how fast the ocean will rise and also how big of a body of ice can fracture etc. increase of volcanic activity in Antarctica and so on.
So let me get this straight British people can't handle even a modicum of heat or even the tiniest bit of cold....... What the hell can you guys handle? Seriously the place I live in routinely gets to 30 above and 35 below every year with little fan far and with records of -51.6 and 49.4. You guys think 30 degrees is a sign of global warming the world is clearly doomed!
I do not think taxing the people for carbon would solve anything.Tax the corporations that make-drill for-and create the carbon n use it for profits and regulate that they can not put that on the people financially.punishing people who would adjust to renewables is rediculous,,taxing corprate n makeing them go to renewables is the answer!.
Unfortunately the two so-called experts chosen here predictably display not one iota of anger, passion nor fervour - the very things needed to galvanise the population to put pressure on government to get anything done on this issue. Therefore we have to ask the question why were they selected? Is it because the BBC is a tool of the government and has little interest in effecting change. Or is it because the pool of experts in this field consist solely of individuals incapable of raising their emotions above zero? You tell me! All I know is that this issue is the single most vital one threatening our species today. Everything else pales in insignificance. And that includes Trump, wars, economic collapse, epidemics - you name it. There simply is NO MORE IMPORTANT issue than climate change. It's that simple.
No need to pussy foot, brother! Its TOO late to stop or avoid INCREASING climate warming. Let us enjoy the music of the orchestra Before the Titanic makes its Final dive!
Cutting down trees at a break neck speed while pumping tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Why is global warming a surprise? Sad.
When i was a kid (im now 28) there was always at least 30 cm of snow. Every winter. Now since like 5-10 years we have nearly no snow anymore.
couldnt it be the fact that nobody in the UK respects the sun. our summers have been rubbish for such a long time that we have forgotten how to behave in the heat. We should really take lessons from Spain, Greece, Italy and other Mediterranean countries and stay out of the midday sun.
Yorkshireborn it's called fake news
Yes take lessons from Spain which is fast running out of groundwater and has killed off most its forests since the middle ages hahahah
You are right. Schools shouldnt have to wear ties and suit bullshit too. Impractical and retarded.
York. No. This change is in its infancey but next year will wake us all up. We're going see a heavy winter and lose autumn and spring. Watch the food markets. This has nothing to do with CO2. This is our sun quieting.
but we are not those countries where the people can deal with the heat
In 2017 was it even considered as a heatwave. I don’t even remember the temperatures above 25°c and that was in Manchester. Then in July and August it was just cold and rain
It's too late now! You should have listened back in 2003. Now you want to start doing something because there are heatwaves all around the globe.
i want this heatwave gone i can't stand it
blackceazer21 i can't wait for the summer, i wanna go to the beach on a 42° day
1:30 looks like the Earth only started to get warmer in the 1980s. Seems weird considering the industrial revolution began in the 1820s yet they Year’s following that were still cold
Maybe because the population is growing really rapidly during the 1900s? Also there was no industrial revolution in the poorer countries.
Come on world wake up!
joe Reeve it's to late.... Trust me... It's to late even if we stop all emissions it would still warm, round about 2 degrees to point x
Xenu#Scientology We have to do what we can now to mitigate the worst effects. If the world came together and pulled its resources, who knows what we could achieve in 5-10 years time? I for one think that we owe it to our children and grandchildren and future generations to at the very least... try.
Bible says that humans are superior and nature could be used as per human needs. Buddhist teachings respect nature and is the most ideal culture for human beings. Fuck jesus
It was 4 degrees warmer 3 thousand years ago.
According to ice core samples taken from Greenland there have been several periods of global warming far higher than today over the last 10,000 years. During Medieval warming, Roman warming, and Minoan warming temperatures were far hotter than today. When someone shows you a graph that only goes back 100 years they are being highly disingenuous to say the least.
It's strange because last year when we had a cold wet summer in the U.K, _that_ was blamed on global warming as well.
Weather systems are heat engines. Increase the heat flow and they run harder. Expect more weather both hot and cold. More storms just more maybe lots more..... have fun :)
I'm not saying that global warming isn't true but they can't keep blaming everything on it. It's a hot dry summer and so we're told that hot dry summers are going to become the norm because of global warming, then we have a cold wet summer and so were told we should expect most future summers to be cold and wet because of global warming. Then we get a cold dry winter which is what we can expect most winters to be like from now on thanks to global warming except the next year it's mild and wet which most future winters are now likely be like due to global warming. We have a flood then we can expect more floods due to global warming until we have a drought so we need to prepare for perpetual droughts caused by global warming. Then we will get a summer that is statistically exactly average, but exact averages are so unusual that that must be down to global warming as well.
I Agree global warning is overused as an excuse when the real issue is bad management of a resource. California wild fires and Cape Town water crisis come to mind as examples of this. Global warming has not helped either but Cape Town water management is a complete basket case and California has failed in basic forestry management. As far as weather goes it is changing so expect strange unpredictable crazy stuff probably covers it. I live in the UK and because we live on the boundary between the Arctic cell and the Ferrel cells we are used to a fairly wide range of stuff so we should be OK.
We had mostly la Niña type of conditions from 2007-12 that caused some overturning in tandem with the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation that was taking place, now it's become more zonal if I'm making myself clear here. Our world will warm up provided our weather stays in zonal mode and el Niño becomes the dominant player.
The heatwave we had in summer 2018 was caused by robust wave activity in the Pacific in tandem with a +AO index.
The clock is ticking significantly as we neared 50°C!
I still think they are too focused on just taxing carbon emissions out of existence. I think their primary focus should be to replace the carbon based energy sources and technology, thus making it obsolete, and giving any and all financial aid to industries and RD in fields that try to do just that. Then they can add a carbon tax as a secondary tactic. In many countries enough of their energy is being supplied by alternative energy that you could impose a carbon tax in those sectors. This will help us move forward faster and fix the problem, while not causing quite the economic hardship that strongly relying on punitive measures do.
Yeah, I kind of agree. Maybe a small tax at first could be used to help invest in new energies, rather than tax carbon out of existence? I think there should be more investment in these new technologies that actively pull carbon out of the atmosphere, like those buildings which have a special chemical coating. Also, I'm pretty sure that methane is the most potent greenhouse gas and they come mostly from beef production, so maybe there should be investment into either more effective beef production methods or artificial meat.
Just plant more trees, they inhale carbon dioxide. Simple solution without a massive economical change for anyone... The CARBON TAX is just another tax for the tax and spend liberals to spend... Greyhound Canada asked for relief from the government. Greyhound Canada got a CARBON TAX. Not exactly what they were wanting, a significant increase for their fuel. No wonder Greyhound Canada chose to shut down operations outside of Ontario and a little bit more to Montreal... Unintended consequences of a CARBON TAX, ask the Australians... For most of rural Canada the public transportation company is thumbing a ride unsafely...
You have the right idea but the fossil fuel industry is a very powerful political lobby. There is technology being developed to replace fossil fuels - hydrogen fusion - but underfunding means that the work has been delayed by decades. The Iter project in France should have been turned on in 2022 but it will be delayed until 2035 at the earliest. Politicians only ever talk about solar and wind and these technologies will never completely replace fossil fuels. We need governments to give fusion research the investment it needs to really make a difference.
Sound approach, unfortunately limited by the many powerful lobbying organisations.......
It has not been above 25C for the entire summer so far over the whole of the UK. 30C+ over Scotland is still very much an extreme temperature and is very much a rarity for Scotland and will remain so.
26C to 28C has not exactly suddenly become a cool fresh day for the UK, and 29C is not a common temperature when it rains in the UK over the summer.
Because of the way the jet stream is behaving, I think future summers will either be very hot and prolonged or very wet/mild and prolonged.
The same will probably be for future winters as well.
They’ll either be very prolonged cold or very prolonged wet/mild.
That’s my theory anyway.
Wow, by the 2040s the average summer would look like the 2003 heatwave. That's an absolute bombshell.
I don't think I've ever wished for winter to hurry up so much.
I can't sleep, the grass is pretty much all gone and worst of all, I made ZERO progress towards weight loss over the winter so there's no way I'm wearing anything too revealing.
The citizens of this planet can have a much bigger affect on the damage caused to the environment, than any government. Don`t drive your car unless you have to and most importantly don`t buy anything made from plastic. Manufacturers and sellers would quickly respond to market forces
How bout instead of blaming the citizens we get more regulations over the factories and industries that are doing the most polluting? A car is less pollution than a McDonald's happy meal.
Why have regulation. People stop buying stuff factories stop making it. Yes mac`s is not as bad as a car, but that`s a fairly low bench mark to start from. Most Mac customers drive there. It`s the sort of people they are .
How do you adapt to extinction?
The danger is not that peopel will turn up at hospitals dying of heat. It is that crops will die of heat. Plant species are adapted to particular ecological niches of temperature, humidity, soil etc. Change any of these and you will get crop failure. Climate is changing many thousands of times faster than the ability of species to adapt.
The Met guy is comparing this year to 1976. One little data point that allows of no comparison is the sea surface temperature at Svalbard, formerly ice bound, at 78N. If you look at SST's for one day - July 6th - you will see a year-on-year rise since 2014, from minus 0.8C to 16.6C this year.
I don’t want to be drawn in to an argument with people who think climate change is bullshit or a distraction. I hope you guys are right I really do. I’m just reacting to what’s happening in the world and the way things look like they’re going from the information I’ve read and seen in recent months and years. I am an optimist but also a realist. We can change the world but only if we want to.
Look up Greenland GISP2 Ice Core - Last 10,000 years and stop panicking.
Also explain why Greenland was green when it was named by the Vikings and no longer is.
Please enlighten me mighty MonkeyZorr. Did I offend your religious beliefs? I'm aware of the rebuttal to GISP2. Easterbrook's 1855 "present" etc. Do you have any idea what I'm referencing or are you the ignorant idiot here? Dr Easterbrook is Professor Emeritus of Geology at Western Washington University but I'm sure he's an "Ignorant idiot" too.
Mike Smith - Are you talking to me? Greenland was green because the climate was warmer. It was warmer still 1000 years earlier than that. Although the levels of CO2 were possibly much lower, it appears that the climate would be much cooler today if the levels of CO2 were normal - which they are not.
Dom C Yes, that is what I understand too. When I comment on here it not always clear to me where the comment lands!
I hope we get to work on this soon.
We're finally having to deal with our choices, with what humanity has done to our planet. This quote from Marshall Vian Summers says it all: "Humanity is at the threshold of great global change, world change on a scale never seen before, caused now by humanity’s misuse and overuse of the world, by human ignorance and human greed. It is a condition now that will affect the lives of every person. Though few are yet aware of it, it is a global emergency. You have changed the chemistry of the atmosphere, of the waters and the soils. And now the world is changing-changing so rapidly, so dangerously, changing now in ways that will affect you more than you realize."
Nice explanation!
AMON-RA HAS SPOKEN..HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Heatwave explained:
‘It’s really fucking hot.’
The end of heatwave explained.
I live around Seattle area for about 30 years and this summer was nothing but hot and hot and hot. about 90 + degrees on July and now August looks pretty much the same. Usually summer is between 70s to 80s+ but not this year.
UK consumers are getting a bum deal paying 5p for a shopping bag while Americans get fuel at half price
Just because the Americans are not doing the right thing does not mean that the rest of us should not try to limit the damage that we are doing.
If it don't make money it don't make sense
But people in the UK live longer.
kudopoint1 the UK carrier bag charge is only a bum deal for those who are too lazy to reuse the bags they already own.... that's the whole point of the tax, ie to encourage people to reuse bags. In most supermarkets if you pay extra, (a total of 10p per bag) you can buy a bag that the supermarket will replace free of charge when it's worn out...so if you get your act together and reuse bags it should cost the average shopper less than £1 for bags they can use for the rest of their lives. What's wrong with that?
Bookie, there's still the stubborn 20% who pay every time, scarcely noticing the 5p charge. Maybe it should be higher. Some shops always ask you if your want a bag - others assume you do and give you one unless you stop them.
What is nature and what do we consider part of it? If we are part of nature then any change we make to nature is natural.
Or are we all above nature? Or perhaps just you and yours....
with every solar flare the price of real estate in the netherlands goes up...
A climate change "tax" to pay for damage? How is any tax going to compensate for damage to the environment? Who will be reaping the financial benefit of our climate destruction? That makes absolutely sense.
3 to 4 degrees or anywhere near means that we cannot grow grains at scale. The Russian and US grain belt will burn and we will starve. 2010 in Russia was a drought event similar to 2018. This led to a 30% decline in wheat exports, higher food prices, particularly in the Middle East. The Arab Spring looks like, at least in part, a response to this. www.marketswiki.com/wiki/Russian_Wheat_Crisis_of_2010
right with the climate change guy until he talked about taxes, NO!! It all comes down to persuading people to be responsible with energy use, investing in new technologies and building homes that are energy efficient.
A CARBON TAX is just another tax grab for the tax and spend liberal politicians to fund their favorite agendas. Instead of taxing us, the poor and lower middle classes, why not give tax breaks to provide incentives to switch? There is more than one way to screw a lightbulb into a outlet. Right handed and left handed...
Mr Zorr I completely accept the science of climate change, I just differ in how to tackle the problem. I would like to see the government empower people to make good choices when it comes to energy consumption, to help them install (on a small scale) solar panels on their own homes and make it easy to install water butts to provide water for washing (both personal and for laundry). Most people want to make good choices, the problem is that at the moment its too expensive.
The government should change building requirements so that new homes are energy efficient i.e. take a minimum of energy to warm in winter but will be cool in summer (thus requiring a minimum of air conditioning).
We should accept that tidal barriers that could provide a good proportion of energy will have some adverse affects on the wetlands environment, nuclear fusion should be a priority for energy research (the tech is there its just making it efficient).
The challenge is providing 21st century living standards whilst using the energy of the 1950s. Taxes are the worst way as they hit the poorest hardest, I myself am designing an eco-home which I hope to build, it is extremely efficient in its energy use whilst still providing a 21st century standard of living.
Why should other people pay the price for your consumption? A carbon tax is the only fair way to deal with CO2 driven climate change.
Deal Walrave
Each of these points merits an essay in and of themselves but here are just a few reasons why I'm against carbon taxes
1) I don't trust any government to use the revenue collected from carbon taxes specifically to tackle climate change e.g. should the NHS get into further difficulties it would be tempting to use the revenue from such taxes to prop up the NHS instead of tackling a long-term problem.
2) Such taxes are fundamentally regressive, they WILL hurt the poor most; both in terms of direct taxation AND fewer opportunities due to industry taxation. Ultimately taxes are crude, unwieldy ways of solving problems that often hurt those they are (in theory) meant to help, and often provide no incentive for actually taking virtuous action. For example why are gym memberships subject to VAT? The government wants us to be more active BUT taxes a service that helps people to loose excess weight and remain in shape, for loosing a few billion in the short-term it could save tens of billions through reduced strain on the NHS in the long-term.
3) I don't believe that they will actually work in changing people's behavior, in contrast empowering people to make improvements to their own properties through the installation of solar panels, water butts etc. will make an appreciable difference to their lives e.g. I have calculated that the solar panels and interior design planned for the ecohome I am planning will pay themselves off in 6 years through reduced energy costs, water butts will reduce my water usage from the mains. Now should the government make it easier for me to realize my dreams or tax me further which would prevent me from making good choices.
Jack Hughes 1) People obviously won't change the trajectory of climate change, that's why we've reached this point. The system encourages us to use fossil fuel. 2) Carbon tax hits people who use the most carbon the most, it will have very little impact on people without big houses, a lot of gadgets, cars, international holidays, etc. 3) Most people don't live in their own house on which they can place a solar panel, nor do they have the money for then what ever tax breaks there are.
I see everyone in the comments are experts and know exactly what they are talking about.
1976 - LOL. 2018 is not an el nino year. Blue ocean event is imminent & average temperatures are irrelevant when there is no food. It only takes one year where the crops get cooked.
The heatwave atleast got me my first fan.
I'm in the American state of Ohio. We've had a cooler than normal summer. Many days of clouds and mild breezes.
The man from the Met said it's probably part of natural cycles in the weather. Meanwhile China says it's going to build 700 coal fired power plants, will they be charged a tax, or is it just for us?
There is no Global Warming only Ozone Layer Depletion. Thats why we are experiencing both extreme heat and very cold winters.
Stephen armitage, not in 76, no, but we definitely talked about global warming in 2003.
Of course we can and probably should produce more stuff to make our homes less vulnerable to heat, but the production and instalation produces more heat too.
Important isue is agriculture, we need forrestation, and make deserts green!
I'm a winter guy I can not real with this hot weather
It's not climate change, it's like an opposite ice age. For example in the years 1200-1600 the summers around the world were as hot if not hotter. Then after the world cooled down with association with the 1814 tambora volcano eruption that cooled the world temperature sigbificantly
Summer 2018 was the fifth hottest summer on record mate.
There were several enormous volcanic eruptions during the 1800s that caused massive global cooling. 1815 was known as the "Year Without a Summer" after the Tambora eruption. Then there was Krakatoa in 1883. Do you think that may have had an effect?
You'd need a much, much longer time scale than 100 or so years to display any kind of useful information. That graph was simply ridiculous.
trolltider är här When I was at school back in the 90's I distinctly remember reading a geography text book that predicted where I'm living would be under water by now. Guess what? The coastline is pretty much the same as it was and I'm on dry land. Nobody's disputing that we use a lot of oil but it's evident that nobody has a clue what the outcomes of that will be.
From Australia’s p.o.v. England, stay inside, have good ventilation in your house. Wear minimal clothing and were s shitload of sunscreen and hats. It may be hot, but it will get hotter, but Australia has normal hot summers that go up to 40°c.
building design adaptation here in the tropical country is more walls n concrete, less window, more ACs... We're doomed arent we
Its complete rubbish that since pre industrial levels the average temp has risen by 1.0 centigrade. 1750 is when we started warming the earth, so its more like 1.6
a heat event? ooh where do i buy a ticket for that
It's free if you live in Europe, Japan,USA. Just step outside and enjoy the FREE heat event.
There is a ten year time lag between emission of CO2 and maximum heating effect (that's according to the scientific literature) so the ehating we are experiencing today is largely down to what we pit into teh air back in 2008. CO2 concentration was 392ppm that year, nearly 20ppm lower than now, so what sort of heating will the earth experience between now and 2028? Bear in mind that you can't remove CO2 from the atmosphere and it will remain there for maybe the next millenium.
CLIMATE CHANGE MY ASS THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF GEO ENGINEERING BLACK PROJECTS
excellent weather for bikers ,bring it on
Prof' Joanna Haigh looks old enough to have experienced the summer of '76.
One heatwave in years surprised they didn't blame brexit
We are the frog being slowly boiled alive and not recognizing it.
Excessive Droughts are very common in the historical record - 2018 was a dry hot summer but we also had a long severe winter with very cold temperatures. It was the first prolonged heatwave the UK has had since 2003 - since then our summers have been rather forgettable. A typical solar minimum year, which were very common during the LIA. The jet stream becomes long and wild leading to more unseasonable erratic weather. The wilder out of sync jet stream's form more blockages i.e. locked in patterns of hot, cold, dry and wet conditions. Conditions are not always predicted, as the commentator stated, that also ocean temperatures have a big impact and they do, especially in Western Europe controlling our weather as well as the jet streams. Erratic weather can occur during years within Solar Maxima's due to the bizarre fluctuations in ocean cycles influencing the weather patterns. Sun-Ocean-Earth magnetic links are still not understood and I'm glad NASA have finally sent the Parker probe to study the Sun. It probably has a subsidiary mission in studying the upcoming (most likely) weak Solar Cycle 25 and a probable impending Grand Solar Minimum.
Years which fall within solar minimum's tend to not have 4 seasons but rather 2 or 3 instead. This year we went from full winter conditions in mid April to full summer/drought conditions, with no spring.
Important read assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/290832/scho1206blsm-e-e.pdf
''It is clear that throughout the historical record, drought has been a recurring feature of
the UK climate, with recent drought events by no means exceptional in terms of their
intensity or duration. The impression from this limited study is that there is a repeated
tendency throughout the historical record for dry years to cluster together, which results
in multi-year droughts that contain shorter, more intense periods (e.g., 1798-1808, 1854-
1860, 1890-1909, 1990-1992 and 1995-1997)''
(Please note: Their other conclusion is that conditions have become more arid, but this was in 2006, since then we've had 3 very wet summers, 2007-2012-2017.)
Climate change involves looking at average temperature change over hundreds if not thousands of years. Looking at a resolution of individual years or anything less than 100 years could be just natural variation.
Except that the system is still subject to the rules of causality. In other words things change for a reason. There are many natural drivers of the climate. Long study of these processes show that over the recent past they do not match what we are actually experiencing. Additional agency is at work.
Could it also have something to do with the fact that all these instances are happening in countries which have been committing unconscionable violence to the black people for eons????
We need to live in small scale selfsufficient, local communities. Production need to be as local as possible because that will reduce carbon emmisions significantly. People need to be encourage to grow their own food. Globalism need to be rejected because that increased fossil fuel dependency.
its all to do with plastic carrier bags, thats the cause.
Fair play, but I don't like the sound of taxing my breath and farts. I'm not sure that's the answer
There's no merit in the science & technology (a fancy way of saying he's full of shit that I don't want to say in this decorous venue) of "are constructed to keep the heat in during freezing winters, not let it out during boiling summers" at 3:04 because during boiling summers the intent should be to keep the heat out not to let it out. If it's 99 Fahrenheit outside and your home was constructed to let the heat out then your home, obviously, would be 99 Fahrenheit. The more insulation your home has the more it can be kept cool during boiling summers with less mechanical cooling, it works both ways. Ideally, you want your home to take advantage the large day-night temperature difference by exposing it to outside when outside is closer to your preferred temperature (either warmer than or cooler than) than inside. You do this of course, by opening all doors & windows. When outside is further from your preferred temperature than inside then you close all doors & windows. In all cases, maximum insulation in walls & ceiling is best. Gloss white paint on the entire exterior is best (but of course it's unattractive except that it blends beautifully in Swansea streets). If it's a house then there's considerations about geothermal seasonal temperature stability advantage, but that's getting detailed.
Already been doing this for the last couple of months. I have an older stone built house and it works a treat :)
Why do people begin sentences (especially questions) with the word "so". If a question is hostile, fair enough but in normal circumstances, starting with the word "so" just sounds rude and ignorant. Needless to say, everything else he says is compromised as a result of the "so".
So what ?
Adapt or die ... controlling the weather is not the answer.
The most terrifying thing for the people who featured in this report is that they are, because of their priveleged up bringing, the least prepared to deal with the social break down caused by Anthropogenic Global warming. But on the up side for people like me they are a protein rich resource which we can easily harvest and eat.
I thought of it first :)
Shame tomorrow is our last day of heat in london. You can hate me but i like heat cuz im indian
Getting hotter for sure!
Nuclear
Definitely need more green space, reforestation projects, planting more shade and oxygen producing trees. Trees will absorb carbon dioxide better than any other means, we need more oxygen to cool the planet. Earth will find a balance.
Well we here in Iceland have got a summer that this far below normal summer weather. This has been a record breaking summer in a negative sense, since this summer has been rather chilly, very wet and almost without sunshine. It is more like a late-October weather we have got this summer. Worst of all, this weather has been prevailing since early May and it is predicted to continue this way well into October.
Hence, the year 2018 is a year without a summer. Therefore, we welcome Global Warming and hopes that it will be much warmer here in Iceland after this chilly and shitty summer.
Guys forget the explanations, I'm not a pessimistic person, but normal people like us are really fucked..enjoy your day by day.
You can NOT judge weather change judging by 200 years!!!
Temperature changes take place ever since 100 000 thousands of years! "Greenland" is covered by ice today, some hundred years ago it was covered by green vegetation!!! That is why it IS named "Greenland".... Think about it!
We are not judging we are measuring and calculating. We only need to deal with what is happening today not what has happened in the deep past. Although studying what has happened in the deep past is the way by which you seek to understand the mechanisms involved. We have access to evidence stretching back many millions of years to guide us in this. We can discus the nature of this evidence for example ice cores if you like. It was named Greenland to attract Viking settlers. Did not work out for them
This earth is only 6000 yrs old
Im gonna turn into a fucking bbq if the heat carrys on.
oh, of course, non of this has anything to do with geoengineering/geointerfering...
I live in Vermont, one of the coolest states in the country, and it's been 35-37C on a routine basis, sometimes for a week straight! I can't bear this heat, it's so bad that people are sheltering in the police station and library because they have air conditioning! People are literally dying, and I can't wait for fall...
When the AMOC stops, England will be in trouble.
These guys are far too conservative in their analysis of what has happened and what is happening. We've reached a climate tipping point. Events have accelerated quite markedly, only those in complete denial can't see that. If the current trend continues then next summer will be hotter than last summer, and humanity is unprepared for that. I guess society will finally take this seriously when entire countries run out of water or food.
Now i REALLY wanna go to siberia
What this means in the most likely interpretation that I can summon is that on a global scale, more and more women will be leaving their homes clad only in their knickers. Men on the other hand will likely be utilising those little mixed drink umbrellas in their glasses of ale to keep the brew cold longer. It will be a strange new world, but adaptation is possible.
That may well be part of the solution.
The last heatwaves were in 1976 / 1989 / 2003 / 2018 which is 13,14,15 years gap so the next one should be in 2034. In between the summers were rubbish like this global warming nonsense !
if i dont get heatstroke I'm a medical miracle
0:54 I want to see scientific reports on this.
What is this? Is it us? What is the most effective course of action?
Enough with the speculations and gut feelings...
O.m.d punishment of luxury
The corona of the sun is still an unsolved problem . One cannot just point to CO2 being the only issue .
CO2 is not the only issue. There are many. But it is the one we have some control over. If you are referring to UV from the suns corona that has been researched and is a known driver.
What ? Not a word about the wild JetStream and the Grand Solar Minimum ?!?!
Trees cool everything down.
Even grass is cooler.
Could someone please explain this? We suck approx. 80 million barrels of fossil fuel out of the earth every 24 hours. We burn approx. 40 millions barrels of it in 24 hours., and have been doing so for quite some time...decades+. And we pump all that carbon, plus all the other goodies that come with it, into our delicate, paper-thin atmosphere! Is there any real, generally consensual explanation for this?????? Or should I go back to watching the Three Stooges?
How do you raise a greenhouse tax on the biggest emitters, ie china.?
If you were to put five small boat propellers into a small river and allow them to flow with the river...would the river's flow slow down or speed up??.....i know which my money would be on. It must be having some effect, after all, it's man-made and we tend to screw things up mostly.
WIND FARMS...????...FRACKING?????
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Hey, BBC, quickly promote to get more people into the UK to accelerate the warming with more pakistanis living on the edge of idustrialized luxury. Do it!
forgetting that even if UK could manage the situation, by changing crops and increase reservoirs, one effect that will be not able to halt is mass immigration from EU and other regions.
On top of that, you may feel the drop in exports (once other countries will reduce their production and sales) and increasing pressure to engage in new wars.No need to explain the consequences of that in your social welfare budget and the effect of increase antisocial behaviour and violence across the kingdom .
sandro alencar
What's that got to do with the climate?
Hi Sandro, if NATA did not attack Libya the African migrants would not be able to get on a ferry. Italy should sue NATO.
Greece should put them on a boat to Germany and France, The countries responsible...
Also, prices and pay need to change so Europeans get paid enough to work the land without cheap immigrant labour.
When the US had high tariffs it encouraged internal sustainability and massive profitability.
styleyk read my tread
Jason Brown agree
styleyk uk may manage here but can't manage mass immigration from other countries that can't deal with heat and lack of water
Lets keep the element of doubt. So we can keep doing nothing of significance.
Geoengineering, chemtrails, HAARP....shhhhhhh.
HOW ABOUT.: ADDRESSING
THE “ HUMAN AND ANIMAL “
P O P U L A T I O N
E X P L O T I O N !
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Get real: The general representation of the sea ice to be dismissive, as it doesn't count the volume, but just the area. Surely it's better to have thin ice & more reflective surface, than just a dark ocean. Looking like most of the ice will be gone in just few years and maybe even this year. Think nobody can't say for sure if for ex. 90% of the ice will be gone in weeks or does it still take few more years? Really worrying situation we have here. We need indoor farming in a large scale for ex. because there Has to be enough capacity to decommission all the nuclear sites before they are flooded. More food equals(vaguely) more people/capacity. Been looking the surface temperatures globally from earth.nullschool.net and wondering the amount of heat we have globally in the atmosphere compared to any earlier point of time going back from few months ago? Has ocean released heat, or some other explanation like that the total heat is not much greater, than it has been for for ex. few last years?
Not the least worrying thing is, that Antarctica's ice shelf is not stable by any means(just this year there was found evidence, that the ice will collapse/farcture to the ocean. We do not Now how much there is time to secure((decommissioning of the nuclear power plants(?)), as we really do not know how fast the ocean will rise and also how big of a body of ice can fracture etc. increase of volcanic activity in Antarctica and so on.
All about ADAPTING to climate change. Here's an idea, why don't we STOP climate change FFS
Corporations have to make money, money is God
It is impossible now, even if we stop emitting right now, the effects will last for the next thousand years.
So let me get this straight British people can't handle even a modicum of heat or even the tiniest bit of cold....... What the hell can you guys handle? Seriously the place I live in routinely gets to 30 above and 35 below every year with little fan far and with records of -51.6 and 49.4. You guys think 30 degrees is a sign of global warming the world is clearly doomed!
Keep your emails to yourself
I do not think taxing the people for carbon would solve anything.Tax the corporations that make-drill for-and create the carbon n use it for profits and regulate that they can not put that on the people financially.punishing people who would adjust to renewables is rediculous,,taxing corprate n makeing them go to renewables is the answer!.
Unfortunately the two so-called experts chosen here predictably display not one iota of anger, passion nor fervour - the very things needed to galvanise the population to put pressure on government to get anything done on this issue. Therefore we have to ask the question why were they selected? Is it because the BBC is a tool of the government and has little interest in effecting change. Or is it because the pool of experts in this field consist solely of individuals incapable of raising their emotions above zero? You tell me! All I know is that this issue is the single most vital one threatening our species today. Everything else pales in insignificance. And that includes Trump, wars, economic collapse, epidemics - you name it. There simply is NO MORE IMPORTANT issue than climate change. It's that simple.
No need to pussy foot, brother! Its TOO late to stop or avoid INCREASING climate warming.
Let us enjoy the music of the orchestra Before the Titanic makes its Final dive!