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by Michael Bridge

 

The heatwaves across the planet are happening when average world temperatures have risen by just over 1C from their pre-industrial levels.

 

We are living in the hottest period for 125,000 years, according to the UN's climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

 

We know what is behind this - greenhouse gas emissions caused by our burning of fossil fuels like coal and gas. 

 

Concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere are at the highest level for two million years and rising, according to the IPCC.

 

If all the promises governments made at the UN COP26 climate conference in Glasgow last year are implemented, then we're looking at temperatures rising by 2.4C by the end of the century.

 

But the bad news is that emissions of CO2 continue to increase. 

 

Without big cuts by 2030, we could see temperatures go even higher.

 

Europe swelters

 

The UK Met Office issued a red extreme heat warning for Monday and Tuesday in much of England, with temperatures of up to 41C forecast.

 

Europe is experiencing record high temperatures, however even SE Asia is reporting unusually hot temperatures too.

 

Yesterday Hanoi and 14 provinces in northern and central Vietnam continued to record temperatures of 36-38 degrees Celsius, and the searing heat is expected to last another 1-2 days.

In central Vietnam, Nghe An’s capital Vinh was the hottest location at over 38 degrees. 

Compared to heatwaves in June, actual temperatures now aren’t that high, but the feel factor is just as bad. 

According to the weather experts, low levels of moisture (45-65 percent) with long periods of temperatures over 35 degrees (11-17 hours) have contributed to the unpleasant sensation. Cloudy night skies also trap the heat longer near the ground, they say.

Heat waves in northern Vietnam typically begin towards the end of April and linger in May, June, and July.

 

Due to La Nina this year, the region enjoyed cool days in May, delaying the onset of heat until June.

The hottest day ever in Thailand was on April 28th, 2016, in Muang district of the northern province of Mae Hong Son, when the temperature recorded at 44.6C. 

Other record hot days in Thailand were as follows: April 28th, 1960, in the north-eastern province of Udon Thani, 43.9oC. May 22nd, 1983 in Bangkok, 40.8C.

This week the average midday temperatures were 37 degrees.

UK Panics

 

Meanwhile, the UK has had one of its hottest days on record, with a high of 38.1C (100.6F) - and forecasters are warning it will be warmer still later this week.

 

The high was recorded in Santon Downham, Suffolk, on Monday, while 37C was exceeded in several places.

The current highest temperature in the UK is 38.7C, in Cambridge in July 2019.

 

A high of 38.5C was reached in Faversham, Kent, in August 2003, making Monday the third hottest day on record - and the hottest day of the year so far.

 

Network Rail said people should travel only "if absolutely necessary" on Monday and Tuesday, with some cancellations, and speed restrictions in place across the network.

 

There were concerns about rails buckling in the heat!!!

The Ministry of Defence said aircraft were using alternative airfields after reports of the tarmac melting on the runway at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

 

Flights were also suspended at Luton Airport after a section of the runway lifted due to the hot weather, the airport said. 

 

Red Warning

 

It is the first time the Met Office has issued a red warning since the system was introduced last year.

 

It means "widespread impacts on people and infrastructure" are expected, with "substantial changes in working practices and daily routines" required.

 

The National Fire Chiefs' Council had warned it was almost inevitable there would be wildfires in the next few days and a large blaze has broken out in woodland at Lickey Hills Country Park on the edge of Birmingham.

 

The extreme heat has also put pressure on the NHS, but Health Secretary Steve Barclay said the government was "closely monitoring the situation", with the "highest point of concern" was on Tuesday afternoon.

 

Soaring temperatures are also having a devastating impact on much of Europe and North Africa, with authorities in western France warning of a "heat apocalypse" in 15 regions.

 

Wildfires have been raging from Greece to Morocco, with thousands being evacuated from and more than 1,000 deaths have been attributed to the heat in Portugal and Spain in recent days.

 

Paddling pools are out, beer gardens are brimming. But a startling proportion of the UK population will be cooped up in their bedrooms having the strange experience of nursing a fever and sore throat in July as Covid infections continue to soar in the third major wave this year.

The World Weather Attribution group analyzed historical weather data that suggested early, long heat waves that impact a massive geographical area are rare, once-a-century events. 

But the current level of global warming, caused by human-caused climate change, has made those heat waves 30 times more likely.

 

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21 minutes ago, webfact said:

We are living in the hottest period for 125,000 years

I say, bring back the ice age. 

 

Edited July 19, 20223 yr by SAFETY FIRST

Troll post removed.

Seriously we're we taking readings and records 125,000 years ago?  

3 hours ago, webfact said:

We are living in the hottest period for 125,000 years, according to the UN's climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Yet the Romans were growing grape vines in the UK just 2,000 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Warm_Period

 

Did Mr. Bridge also forget the Medieval Warm Period around 1,000 years ao?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Warm_Period

Edited July 19, 20223 yr by BritManToo

As long as China burns more fossil fuel than any other nation— the trajectory won’t change.

32 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Yet the Romans were growing grape vines in the UK just 2,000 years ago.

Fruits - like the people - were more hardy back then !

3 hours ago, webfact said:

It means "widespread impacts on people and infrastructure" are expected, with "substantial changes in working practices and daily routines" required.

Anyone have the feeling of Deja vu......................

43 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Yet the Romans were growing grape vines in the UK just 2,000 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Warm_Period

 

Did Mr. Bridge also forget the Medieval Warm Period around 1,000 years ao?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Warm_Period

the MWP was not a globally uniform event.

 

Possible causes of the MWP include increased solar activity, decreased volcanic activity, and changes in ocean circulation.

 

None of those conditions exist at the current time. There are no natural issues which might affect climate change to cause warming at present.

Edited July 20, 20223 yr by ozimoron

Climate is the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area. Weather can change from hour-to-hour, day-to-day, month-to-month or even year-to-year.

A region's weather patterns, usually tracked for at least 30 years, are considered its climate.

38 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Possible causes of the MWP include increased solar activity, decreased volcanic activity, and changes in ocean circulation.

So no one knows then.......

 

 

126,000 years ago...............FREEZING!!!  

The UK just reconfirmed having a higher record high temperature than Hong Kong (strange but true).

Exactly the news you want when living in Scotland  . . . . ????

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Yet the Romans were growing grape vines in the UK just 2,000 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Warm_Period

 

Did Mr. Bridge also forget the Medieval Warm Period around 1,000 years ao?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Warm_Period

That pales into insignificance to the record temperatures being recorded throughout the world today, from your own wiki article article sub link.

 

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Yet the Romans were growing grape vines in the UK just 2,000 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Warm_Period

 

Did Mr. Bridge also forget the Medieval Warm Period around 1,000 years ao?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Warm_Period

You're such a little Englander. I got some news for you: Britain is not the World.

Well, here in Chiang Mai it's been the wettest, coolest year I've ever experienced.

I'd actually like the UK climate to be warmer/hotter all year round, if it were I might consider returning.

Edited July 20, 20223 yr by BritManToo

4 hours ago, Thechook said:

Seriously we're we taking readings and records 125,000 years ago?  

Are you this dense and ignorant of science? If so, why do you post publicly your lack of knowledge?

Sure bet my compatriots back in the UK will be moaning like hell about the cost of gas and electric come the winter months and moaning they wish it was summer again.

5 hours ago, Thechook said:

Seriously we're we taking readings and records 125,000 years ago?  

Is this a serious question? Heard of studying ice cores to measure past temperatures. Just one of many methods. 

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

You're such a little Englander. I got some news for you: Britain is not the World.

Bite your tongue!

40 minutes ago, placeholder said:

I'm assuming you are referring to CO2. And actually CO2 is only 0.04% of the atmosphere. But what relevance does that have to the issue of global warming?

Because CO2 emissions are what we are constantly being told causes global warming. The climate is constantly changing. Always has, always will. Humans have very little effect on this. Controversial I know, but there is a huge weight of research to prove this which is never debated in MSM

A post with a chart without a link to a source has been removed along with replies.  

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Well, here in Chiang Mai it's been the wettest, coolest year I've ever experienced.

I'd actually like the UK climate to be warmer/hotter all year round, if it were I might consider returning.

Being in Scotland for 3 months recently, I could count in one hand the number of days when there was little wind. Even walking down the street where I was staying there are two points where there is a gap right through the buildings, and every time I walked past them I was hit in the face with the wind.

2 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Being in Scotland for 3 months recently, I could count in one hand the number of days when there was little wind. Even walking down the street where I was staying there are two points where there is a gap right through the buildings, and every time I walked past them I was hit in the face with the wind.

May I also point out that not even for one day could I leave my residence without wearing my hoodie, and this was in, May, June and July. My hoodie was up about 80% of the time.

52 minutes ago, phukettrader said:

Because CO2 emissions are what we are constantly being told causes global warming. The climate is constantly changing. Always has, always will. Humans have very little effect on this. Controversial I know, but there is a huge weight of research to prove this which is never debated in MSM

Yes the climate is always changing but not this rapidly. And the warming properties of CO2 has been settled science since the mid 19th century.

Do please share with us in what leading scientific journals is this "huge weight of research" to be found. Since the quantity of this research is huge, it should be easy enough for you to share a link or two with us.

Edited July 20, 20223 yr by placeholder

Global warming is a global problem - whose only solution is a global government - run by, and for the benefit of, the same people who brought us COVID.

 

When I was young, the issue was global cooling:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling

 

Somehow, no matter what the problem, the solution always remains the same: A global government.

52 minutes ago, phukettrader said:

Because CO2 emissions are what we are constantly being told causes global warming. The climate is constantly changing. Always has, always will. Humans have very little effect on this. Controversial I know, but there is a huge weight of research to prove this which is never debated in MSM

CO2 is not the only indicator, somewhere close to 50% of climate change is being caused by gases and pollutants other than C02, including nitrogen compounds, low-level ozone formed by pollution, and black carbon.

 

In addition atmospheric CO2 has never been higher for hundreds of thousands of years

https://timescavengers.blog/climate-change/co2-past-present-future/

 

4 hours ago, sungod said:

So no one knows then.......

 

 

This is probably the worst piece yet.

8 minutes ago, BangkokHank said:

Global warming is a global problem - whose only solution is a global government - run by, and for the benefit of, the same people who brought us COVID.

 

When I was young, the issue was global cooling:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling

 

Somehow, no matter what the problem, the solution always remains the same: A global government.

Do you actually read that Wikipedia article? I seriously doubt it since it begins with this:

Global cooling was a conjecture, especially during the 1970s, of imminent cooling of the Earth culminating in a period of extensive glaciation, due to the cooling effects of aerosols or orbital forcing. Some press reports in the 1970s speculated about continued cooling; these did not accurately reflect the scientific literature of the time, which was generally more concerned with warming from an enhanced greenhouse effect.^[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling