Wullie Davidson’s Blog: Extreme Global Weather Events of 2021
Global Cooling Effect of the Ongoing La Nina Event The global cooling effect of the ongoing La Nina event in the tropical Pacific means that 2021 was ‘only’ the sixth warmest year, globally, in a record going back to 1880. The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has two phases, the warm El Nino, which boosts […]
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Science: Climate Change and Other Topics
Wullie Davidson’s Blog: COP26
COP26 – The 26th Conference of the Parties The 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) gets under way in Glasgow’s Scottish Exhibition Centre on Sunday, October 31, ending on November 12. The conference will be attended by 30,000 delegates from 196 countries. Glasgow has around 15,000 hotel rooms, so many delegates will be required to […]
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Monday, November 1, 2021 | Filed under: COP26 Glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog, Science: Climate Change and Other Topics
Glasgow Connects, Glasgow Science Festival 2021
1 – 30 September, 2021 GSF is back throughout September with Glasgow Connects, featuring a programme of events inspired by the international COP26 climate conference. With socially distanced activities at the Glasgow Botanic Gardens (4th to 12th Sept, 11-2pm daily) and at the Paisley Rd West Festival (24th to 26th Sept). As well as popping […]
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Saturday, August 21, 2021 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow St Patrick's Day 2015, Pat's Home Page Blog, Science: Climate Change and Other Topics, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Wully Davidson: Tropical Cyclones in a Warming World
Tropical Cyclones and Climatic Factors Tropical cyclones are the result of a number of climatic factors, but high sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are perhaps the most fundamental. It’s therefore logical that, as the seas get warmer, there will be more, and stronger, tropical cyclones. There does seem to have been an increase in the number […]
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Sunday, June 6, 2021 | Filed under: Science: Climate Change and Other Topics
Uptick in Global Volcanic Activity: Climate Change – Wully Davidson
Source http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/about/pglossary/LavaFountain.php J.D.Griggs Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Global volcanic activity has recently increased by 125%…. will it have any effect on climate change? There seems to have been an uptick in news stories of volcanoes erupting around the globe, recently. One small, but quite spectacular example, is the appearance of new fissures spewing lava from Geldingadalur […]
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Monday, April 19, 2021 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Science: Climate Change and Other Topics
Some of the Effects of Global Warming
Californians face unprecedented fire blackouts in January, 2021 “In an unprecedented move, California utilities are warning they may need to cut power to more than 280,000 homes and businesses to prevent live wires from sparking wildfires as high winds are set to sweep through the drought-weary state. Edison International’s Southern California Edison said 277,078 customers […]
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Sunday, April 4, 2021 | Filed under: Science: Climate Change and Other Topics
Global Warming
Polar scientist wary of impending satellite gap. Scientists are concerned that the two satellites monitoring Arctic, Antarctic and glacial ice volumes, CryoSat-2 and IceSat-2, will expire before their successor, the EC/Esa Cristal is launched in 2027/28 This could mean a 2-5 year gap in our knowledge of how much annual ice loss is occurring. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/…29 […]
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Climate Change – The Hurricane Season
Today (June 1st) is the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season. The eastern Pacific’s first named storm of the year, Amanda, has tracked across central America, causing a lot of flash flood damage, and is now entering the Bay of Campeche, after staying offshore and drenching the Yucatan peninsula. The US National Hurricane Center […]
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Climate Change – 2020 was this the warmest year?
It’s early days, but 2020 is shaping up to be the warmest year, globally, since records began in the 19th century, and very probably the warmest year Earth has experienced since the end of the last Ice Age, 11,500 years ago. Usually, when a new record is set, it coincides with an above average […]
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