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.
Wednesday, 3 January 2024
One in Five Hundred!
The UK is a temperate country. In spite of this, its 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 2003. Of these, 2023, was its second hottest. According to Meteorological Office scientists, such an event could only occur once in 500 years, without anthropogenic global heating (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/02/climate-crisis-2023-was-uks-second-hottest-on-record). World atmospheric carbon dioxide (a major 'greenhouse gas') levels, are currently at their highest for at least 2 million years. When all the data is in, 2023 is expected to be the planet's hottest year on record thus far! The Earth will continue to heat, even if all 'greenhouse gas' emissions were halted tomorrow. And that's clearly not going to happen. Lots more records will be broken.
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