This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Monday, 23 August 2021
Less Dramatic But Deeply Worrying?
It may not have the drama of the wildfires sweeping the US, Greece, France, Italy and Turkey. It certainly doesn't immediately threaten lives, like recent floods in China, Germany and the state of Mississippi. It is, however, deeply concerning that rain has fallen on the summit of Greenland's icesheet, for the first time since records begun (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rain-falls-greenland-ice-summit-first-time-record-2021-08-20/?utm). The rain confirms that the Greenland icesheet is in a precarious position. There's an awful lot of water in that body of ice and snow. Carbon zero by 2050, anyone?
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