tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post4416432403926788571..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: "It never rains but it pours"Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-85752396541992480052020-03-01T10:46:53.082+00:002020-03-01T10:46:53.082+00:00We are in agreement, as you note an absence of rec...We are in agreement, as you note an absence of records on changes of blooming at Botanic Gardens such as Kew and Oxford also no records at DEFRA either.Dinerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14632385731642361211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-29947872731582140002020-02-29T16:27:48.432+00:002020-02-29T16:27:48.432+00:00@Dinero
UK farming is a fleabite on a world scale....@Dinero<br />UK farming is a fleabite on a world scale. The sort of changes which might cause changes in climate are clearance of tropical rainforests and natural grassland for arable or livestock or plantations, irrigation in arid areas, creation of artificial lakes, etc.Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-62229310045379678742020-02-29T16:18:49.218+00:002020-02-29T16:18:49.218+00:00> Physiocrat,
Also for UK farming, the DEF...> Physiocrat, <br /> Also for UK farming, the DEFRA website, I see nothing there about a change in farming practices, crops, types, planting, harvesting, yields. <br />The point is the media, such as the Guardian above, report the subject as if it was a change in current events, but that can not be the case as the time scales being talked about are too long for that.Dinerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14632385731642361211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-87582571660504037112020-02-28T12:19:27.288+00:002020-02-28T12:19:27.288+00:00@Dinero Botanic Gardens such as Kew and Oxford hav...@Dinero Botanic Gardens such as Kew and Oxford have records going back three centuries. I can't find anything that they might have published on their websites. During that time events such as changes in solar activity and volcanic eruptions will also have had a effect. Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-9249783205153822522020-02-28T09:45:43.912+00:002020-02-28T09:45:43.912+00:00Whatever view you have, no-one scientific is docum...Whatever view you have, no-one scientific is documenting a change at a rate that a person could perceive in there own experience.Dinerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14632385731642361211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-14988370675067571442020-02-25T20:37:11.443+00:002020-02-25T20:37:11.443+00:00Then there was the Maunder minimum, a period of re...Then there was the Maunder minimum, a period of reduced solar activity. <br /><br />One piece of long term evidence of climate change would be records of flowering dates, which have been kept for over three hundred years by botanical gardens such as Kew and Oxford. If the was compelling evidence, I would have expected it on the websites of these organisations, but there is none that I can find.<br /><br />I am also looking for an explanation, at the quantum/molecular level of how a layer of carbon dioxide less than 4 metres thick could cause the so-called 'greenhouse effect'. (Glass greenhouses do not work by trapping radiation - it goes straight through the glass!)Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-42308567727419969792020-02-24T19:39:43.947+00:002020-02-24T19:39:43.947+00:00B, Sod it, Roman warm period, mediaeval warm perio...B, Sod it, Roman warm period, mediaeval warm period, modern warm period. A great time to be alive!Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-59686090963671214692020-02-24T17:02:23.976+00:002020-02-24T17:02:23.976+00:00"The farmer's not a happy man, his heart ..."The farmer's not a happy man, his heart in is his boots,<br />For either the rain is destroying his grain or the drought is destroying his roots."<br /><br />S, yes the answer to people who complain about climate change is to ask them "would you prefer it if the climate got colder then?", to which the reply will most likely be, "no, we want it just to stay the same", when you can then ask, "at what time since the Earth gained an atmosphere has it ever done that?"Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-64272451801856157782020-02-24T16:37:37.116+00:002020-02-24T16:37:37.116+00:00S and P, agreed and agreed. Dihydrogen monoxide po...S and P, agreed and agreed. Dihydrogen monoxide poisoning causes a lot of deaths and XR should be 'raising awareness' of it.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-8826845253236087562020-02-24T12:21:33.808+00:002020-02-24T12:21:33.808+00:00Hopefully, the Extinction Rebellion cretins will s...Hopefully, the Extinction Rebellion cretins will show the dangers of (the alleged) flooding due to man made climate change by holding a sponsored "Hold Your Breath Under Water" activity? I'll donate a fiver to the first one who can stay down for 10 minutes.Penseivathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891041602104672626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-80605736704293549652020-02-24T09:58:03.104+00:002020-02-24T09:58:03.104+00:00All unusual weather is evidence of 'Climate Ch...All unusual weather is evidence of 'Climate Change', didn't you know?<br /><br />Got to be one of the slickest rebranding episodes ever - going from 'Global Warming' to 'Climate Change'. The former was suffering from a lack of heat, and the brand was being trashed every time it snowed. The latter wins whatever happens. Hot, cold, wet or dry, its all Climate Change!Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407417389022146963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-53704394637849139712020-02-23T17:43:33.773+00:002020-02-23T17:43:33.773+00:00AKH, that's a shame. School kids could have co...AKH, that's a shame. School kids could have come and laughed at it in future decades.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-75774959506089730652020-02-23T17:17:47.630+00:002020-02-23T17:17:47.630+00:00Severn Trent Water at Carsington Water used to hav...Severn Trent Water at Carsington Water used to have a small drought-tolerant garden to illustrate the future of gardening in the UK under the impact of climate change. There was also an information board telling us all about it. All gone now for some reason.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.com