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[orchard]

I was just curious as to why that particular 3 decades is used as the measurement as to what's average especially when there was an unprecedented cold period during it, I'm pretty sure there'd be another 3 decade period that could be picked that would have current temperature below average.

Yeah mate, in the Eocene, but not for long like.

 

[orchard]

 

[summerisle]

Underwater volcano today in the Pacific.




Tonga :

Get away from shore - US and Japan warn on tsunami

Both countries advise people on the coast to move away from water after waves cross ocean from South Pacific.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[orchard]

Yorkshire coast fishermen scared for livelihoods as 'everything is dead for miles'​

Filey fisherman Robert Harrison says he has been living off £100 a months as business has plummeted

Fisherman across Yorkshire have become increasingly worried for their livelihood after mass of dead sea creatures wash up on shorelines.

Robert Harrison, from Filey in North Yorkshire, said he is "scared" fisherman will be forced out a business amid claims there "isn't a living thing" within three miles of the coast.

His fears have come after reports from residents on the North Yorkshire coast after a mass of dead crabs and rotting lobsters littered the coastline between Marske and Saltburn last year, while further piles of crustaceans were spotted in Seaton Carew and Seaham.

 

[summerisle]

Yorkshire coast fishermen scared for livelihoods as 'everything is dead for miles'​

Filey fisherman Robert Harrison says he has been living off £100 a months as business has plummeted

Fisherman across Yorkshire have become increasingly worried for their livelihood after mass of dead sea creatures wash up on shorelines.

Robert Harrison, from Filey in North Yorkshire, said he is "scared" fisherman will be forced out a business amid claims there "isn't a living thing" within three miles of the coast.

His fears have come after reports from residents on the North Yorkshire coast after a mass of dead crabs and rotting lobsters littered the coastline between Marske and Saltburn last year, while further piles of crustaceans were spotted in Seaton Carew and Seaham.

There's also been 100's of dogs falling ill.

Warning as hundreds of dogs fall sick after beach walks on Yorkshire coast

Vets and owners in the region report a high increase of dogs becoming ill with severe vomiting and diarrhoea

www.theguardian.com

 

[orchard]

There's also been 100's of dogs falling ill.

Warning as hundreds of dogs fall sick after beach walks on Yorkshire coast

Vets and owners in the region report a high increase of dogs becoming ill with severe vomiting and diarrhoea

www.theguardian.com

When are people going to wake up and realise this goes way beyond lifestyle/jobs?

There was a Swiss researcher who found out that out of a small sample, 100pc of the deceased children autopsied had neonic's that had bonded with their nervous system.

 

[sbbefc]

Devastating storms every other week these days. I fear climate change is starting to run away from us.

 

[orchard]

Devastating storms every other week these days. I fear climate change is starting to run away from us.

It has ran away from us mate. Worse consequences have already been built in to the system.

We need to keep carbon in the ground now to save humanity.

 

[orchard]

Devastating storms every other week these days. I fear climate change is starting to run away from us.

Check this out. Press play.

Windy.com

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Not sure where else to put this

 

[orchard]

Not sure where else to put this

Oh FFS. No. Ale House. Weirdly gripping viewing like mate.

 

[orchard]

London flooding poses ‘significant risk’ unless immediate action taken​

Expert report warns of dangers of relying on Victorian drainage system, lack of funding and awareness of risks


Can imagine nothing being done until the last minute, then it'll be to the neglect of all the other places that need help.

 

[tsubaki]

London flooding poses ‘significant risk’ unless immediate action taken​

Expert report warns of dangers of relying on Victorian drainage system, lack of funding and awareness of risks


Can imagine nothing being done until the last minute, then it'll be to the neglect of all the other places that need help.

TBF they are building the huge super-sewer along the Thames, which should improve things (albeit with a lot of government backing, making privatization even more of a joke). They do have to massively improve co-ordination though - as we've seen from the fiasco over the bridges there are so many entities frantically trying to say the problem is down to someone else even though they'll all be screwed over when it happens again.

 

[orchard]

Telegraph:
Wind farms have been paid to refrain from producing up to half of the electricity they are capable of generating, according to research that led MPs to warn that "inappropriate" decisions on wind power were "forcing excess costs onto consumers".

An analysis found that, in 2020, three large wind farms in Scotland were paid a total of £24.5 million to fail to produce about half of their potential output.

Also:
Tory rent-a-mob - we urgently need to frack and permanently pollute our lands...

 

[Bruce Wayne]

If only there were trains