Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
When we think of the term “Global Warming” we often tend to think of it as a measurement of specific things. For example weather extremes such as an increase in the frequency or distribution of storms, or rising temperatures. Familiar as they all are, they are not the only metrics. There are other very specific … Read more
Rather like weather, a great deal of uncertainty prevails regarding what comes next. Well yes, I know I know, that applies to rather a lot of things such as #brexit, or the firing of Sessions, and much more. I am however thinking through the implications of the arrival of a democratic House. That outcome does … Read more
I was listening to a BBC presenter quip the other day that the UK’s weather is always like this at this time of year, and yet if you look back over the actual data regarding extreme weather in the UK then what you discover is that the climate really is changing. The UK’s Met Office … Read more
Freak weather has perhaps always been an aspect of weather, and yet the freakiness of the weather is clearly becoming a tad more common. To be specific droughts, floods and heatwaves are becoming more common. Why is it like this? The answer rests with the behaviour of the jet streams. Circling the globe are rivers … Read more
New research reveals that we do not have as much time as we previously though we had. The study published in Nature lays out the evidence for Earth’s oceans soaking up about 60% more heat that had been previously estimated. Let’s take a look. Quantification of ocean heat uptake from changes in atmospheric O2 and … Read more
Ian Livingston, a weather forecaster, writes in the Washington Post regarding something that is quite unprecedented. It has been predicted by various climate models that a warming world will result in more intense tropical cyclones, and that is exactly what is happening. Ian lays it all out … Category 5 Super Typhoon Yutu, which decimated … Read more