Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal pulls no punches in the opening lines of its opinion column attacking President Obama. "Britons now know how Americans feel. The most politically polarizing U.S. President in modern history decided on Friday...
That Special Relationship - or not
I have blogged before on the one-sided nature of America and Britain's alleged "special relationship". With President Obama's visit this week, it has once more come under the spotlight, with the president and David Cameron using the phrase...
Big Bad Bozza - just the tip of the Leave iceberg
Embed from Getty ImagesIt's difficult for the Leave campaign. Faced with using high profile spokesmen to get their message across they often end up having to choose between Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage. The campaign hasn't really...
The importance of regionalism - A2 Global Politics
Embed from Getty ImagesObserver commentator Andrew Rawnsley goes on holiday to Vietnam to celebrate his significant wedding anniversary and ends up ruminating on the EU referendum. Which may have been trying for his wife, but is good news...
More and more extreme weather
The weather is getting more and more extreme. On April 23, 2016, temperatures in India were as high as 47.7°C or 117.9°F. At the same time, temperatures in California were as low as -12.6°C or 9.2°F, while temperatures in Greenland were as high...
Can we Design Hydrogen-Fuelled Aircraft?
Can we Design Hydrogen-Fuelled Aircraft?S H Salter, Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh.EH9 3JL.The collection of temperature measurements by David Travis following the 3-day grounding of all US civilian flights after 9/11 showed...
March temperature
Above image shows Land-Ocean (in red) and Land-only (in black) global monthly temperature anomalies compared to the average over the period 1951-1980.At the Paris Agreement, nations committed to strengthen the global response to the threat of...
Record Arctic Warming
On April 3rd, 2016, Arctic sea ice extent was at a record low for the time of the year, reports the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).The image below, created with an image from the JAXA site, gives an update on sea ice extent.Besides...
Looking Back: March
March is the month of madness! I finally did my taxes (mostly), got a lot of stuff done in the yard/around the house and spent a lot of time with friends who I had not seen in a while. I am feeling like I need to schedule a couple of down days...
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