Droughts and heatwaves are putting vegetation under devastating pressure while also causing wildfires resulting in deforestation and loss of peat at massive scale, contributing to the rapid recent rise in carbon dioxide levels. It will take...
16 take-aways from the referendum campaign
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Ocean Heat Overwhelming North Atlantic
Arctic sea ice extent on June 19, 2016, was at a record low for the time of the year, as the (updated) image below shows.[ image from JAXA ]Not only is Arctic sea ice extent at record low for time of year, the sea ice is also rapidly getting thinner,...
Gove's Star Ever Rising
Embed from Getty ImagesIf Boris Johnson has had a pretty mediocre - even poor - Brexit campaign, then the quiet man of the Leave team has had a great one. Johnson remains popular with Tory grassroots and amongst the general public, who persist...
Ugly, Ugly, Ugly - A sane man tweets a Trump rally
Embed from Getty ImagesThis is appalling reading. Well, it's appalling reading if you're not a racist, homophobic, mysoginistic, immigrant-baiting, Muslim-banning bigot who also wants to beat up anyone who disagrees with you.Jared Yates...
Trump's narcissistic bigotry is well reflected in America's right-wing land
Donald Trump has been roundly condemned by the liberal classes for his extraordinary ability to turn a tragedy into a bit of narcissistic self-promotion. The famous tweet - "Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism,...
Can you find rational arguments about the EU?
When even respected MPs change their minds on the EU debate it might be fair to ask what chance the rest of us have in understanding the issues and coming to a definitive conclusion. To be fair, Sarah Wollaston, the Conservative MP who has...
Do voters fail democracy?
Democracy may be lauded as the "least worst" system available to govern countries, but there is a reason why most countries at least try and regulate it via a representative system. From the American founding fathers onwards political leaders...
Looking Back: May
My favorite month of the year is over! I always like May, as it is springlike and jolly, plus it includes Mother's Day and my birthday! It also is the real kickoff of trail racing season, although here in the Bay Area things don't really slow...
High Temperatures In Arctic
0-2000 m Global Ocean Heat ContentOcean heat content is rising, as illustrated by the image on the right. Where the sea ice declines, this is causing high air temperatures in the Arctic. This year (from January to April 2016) on the Northern Hemisphere,...
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