Global warming

I take it that's Mersea Island in the Blackwater? Last time I anchored there, there was about 3 inches of dry land between high tide and the road! A bit more global warming and you can rename it Atlantis.
 
It doesn\'t need global warming.

Southern England is gently sinking on it's continental plate as a result of ice melting from Scotland and Northern Europe last ice age. As the Northern parts continue to rise, the South coast sinks.
 
Re: Global warming.

If the increase in temperature proves to be an increase exponentially and becomes unstable we (humans) could all die.

The planet of course will be fine and will recover having rid itself of what will have been an irritating virus - i.e. the humans.

Obviously oil, gas, coal, timber etc. are essentially stored
sunshine/energy and we are now releasing more energy
than ever before in our cars and heating/lighting our cities.

It may be OK to ignore it (for this lifetime) or it may not be possible to do anything about it. There is no scientific model
for whats going on - no-one knows the outcome.

AND it might just be a climatic change because of something else.

BUT I do know that the weather is completely different from when I was child and the rate of change (thes cary bit) seems to be increasing.

One thing I do know is that no-ones got the answer ........
 
We in the South of England get a half decent Summer every 20 years and the main result is a load of doom mongers prophesying the end of the Earth. A few months ago we were all going to die of thirst and now the water is coming over my wellies. And what happened to the Hurricanes this year. When they can accurately forecast the weather for next weekend they can move on to longer term stuff. Yes it is much warmer than it was in my youth - I moved 400 miles south to get away from the Northern Lights and installed central heating. .
 
Hi Ken
We went over Chiswick bridge on Sunday. I was going to pop into the rowing club but it was flooded. We can always use our hoses as syphons to get rid of the water.
 
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We can always use our hoses as syphons to get rid of the water.

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Did'nt you hear what Ken said? "There is a hosepipe ban", you'll have to shift the water in buckets!
 
Here in the REALLY far West - we never had a hosepipe ban!

But then we didn't get so much sun either

BUT we have had much more wind and much stronger winds over the last few years and since December, it feels like its rarely been less than a F6 and loads of F8-9's. Doesn't wind develop as a result of lows over 'warm' water? Global warming?

I know that the covers on our boat are looking very worn already and I worry about the roof here, facing south into Mounts Bay.
 
Re: It doesn\'t need global warming.

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As the Northern parts continue to rise, the South coast sinks.

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Sounds good to me! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
We must be the only country on Earth which can simultaneously have a hosepipe ban and a flood warning in the same place.

If I wasn't paying for it I would be rolling on the floor laughing
 
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We must be the only country on Earth which can simultaneously have a hosepipe ban and a flood warning in the same place.


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Well that is the classic preediction of many global warming models. UK water storge capacity is very limited. and water is predicted to come in bursts, interspersed by dry periods. So most rain is lost in rivers to the sea.

In other parts of the world that is predicted to have very severe effects on agriculture. Many believe that it can be seen already in central and e africa.
 
Indeed, much of the water for Thames Water region comes from aquifers underground such as Berkshire downs and Oxford. In December, these 2 aquifers were still somthing like 40% and 10% full. Short periods of rain on dry ground mean the water runs off the surface. You need continual rain on wet ground to soak the earth and refill the aquifers.
 
you'd never be able to build reservoirs that big in southern england, you'd have to buy up land and demolish towns in one of most populated areas of britain
 
This has been an extraordinary winter here in Poland so far. Normally the snow would have started around October, and by Dec/Jan, the temperature would be sub-zero most of the time - with the occasional dips down to -20 or so.

This year I have yet to see any snow or ice at all, and yesterday was almost t-shirt weather. The forecast is for it to get warmer, and winter is predicted to begin in February...
 
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