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Fire and rain

by Gareth August 12, 2010

The last few weeks have seen some extraordinary weather events around the world: relentless extreme heat in Russia, biblical flooding in Pakistan and devastating landslides in China. Tens of millions of people have had their lives disrupted and thousands have died, and — beyond reasonable doubt — global warming is playing a part in creating [...]

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When the rain comes…

by Gareth June 22, 2010

The extreme weather flavour of the moment is without doubt heavy rain and flooding. As I write, severe flooding has caused 132 deaths in southern China and 19 in Burma. The Var region in southern France is recovering from spectacular flash flooding that killed 25 people (watch the BBC video), Tennessee’s recovering from a 1000 [...]

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Wetter and drier: we did it

by Gareth July 24, 2007

The new Nature paper that prompted yesterday’s post on rainfall intensity is covered in detail by the BBC and New Scientist. Rainfall patterns around the globe are shown to be changing in response to increasing greenhouse gases, in line with model predictions. From New Scientist: Tropical regions north of the equator, including such areas as [...]

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Wet times in Blighty, but “Med melts

by Gareth July 23, 2007

If ever there was an image that captures the triumph of hope over adversity, or the stoic nature of the British, it’s this one (credit: BBC/“Andrew in Gloucester

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