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.
Thursday, 16 March 2023
It Might As Well Rain Until September?
There are said to be record low river levels, across the UK. It's suggested that rivers are likely to be 'devastated' if forecasts of broadly dry weather, until at least May, 2023, actually occur (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/13/uk-river-levels-record-lows-forecast-dry-spring-water-companies). It's certainly important to conserve our rivers and their contained biota. It's also true that that England's privatised water companies ought to be helping to conserve more water by building more reservoirs and fixing their extensive leaks. However, it hasn't stopped raining in South Wales since this drought was forecast. That always seems to be the way with climate change? We get rain but it's not always in the right places.
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