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, 22 August 2022
Hold Back the River?
A rather graphic reminder of climate change for the major polluter? China is currently experiencing a record drought. Parts of the Yangtze river have dried up.Provision of hydropower and shipping are both on hold, meaning that commercial activity is strongly impacted. (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/22/china-drought-causes-yangtze-river-to-dry-up-sparking-shortage-of-hydropower). Time to reduce record imports of Russian hydrocarbons and really curtail the release of 'greenhouse gases'?
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