2nd July - Today's News: Britain's Driest 6 Months for 80 Years

Bit of a catch up on news stories from the past week today:-

Slightly above average rainfall in Evesham last month, but overall Britain has seen the driest six month for 80 years say Met Office. It was very notable how low some lochs, and especially reservoirs like Loch Treig and the Blackwater, were in Scotland earlier this week and the past 2 day's return of rain fails to calm fears of drought. Meanwhile, problems as no rain puts Eigg on toast - the dry weather has meant the island's hydro schemes can't work, whilst lack of wind means no electricity from wind turbines. Mind, the Islanders are still getting used to the luxury of any mains alectriciuty at all.

Britons enjoy hottest day of the year - or suffer it, as the case may be (thankfully I was still in Scotland where temperatures were more pleasant)

A chilly spell at the end of last month in Australia as Sydney records lowest June temperature since 1949 - though they did have lower temperatures in August 2008 - and Melbourne shivers through cold spell whilst Perth on track to beat winter chill record. Despite which, WA has equal warmest 12 months on record.

Hurricane Alex brings floods to NE Mexico

In India, Monsoon 16% below normal for June

Extinction of woolly mammoth, saber-toothed cat may have been caused by humans and this could mean that human-made global warming began with ancient hunters (which contradicts a previous study suggesting that megafaunal extinctions caused the Younger Dryas because it led to a reduction in atmospheric methane - an idea I was never much persuaded by).

Network Rail study to assess impact of climate change

The IPCC messed up over 'Amazongate' - the threat to the Amazon is far worse - the poor ol' deniers (especially Chris Booker) have dug themselves into a right ol' hole over this one!

Switching off your lights has a bigger impact than you might think

Arctic climate may be more sensitive to warming than thought

Whiter clouds could mean wetter land - or, in other words, quick fix geoengineering may have unintended consequences. What a surprise!

Climate changes in the Atlantic can affect drought in distant regions

Sea ice in the Arctic is not recovering: another critical minimum forecast

Floods cause havoc in NE Romania, death toll reaches 21

Indonesia's last glacier will melt within years

10 dead, 89 still buried three days after SWChina landslide

Taiwan expects 2 to 4 typhoons during summer and autumn

In Canada, Saskatoon swamped by 3 waves of rain

Michael Mann cleared of science fraud charges made by climate sceptics - he may well be wrong in his interpreatetion and presentation of data, but in science, being wrong is not a crime - else Einstein would be locked up for life and Newton hung from the gallows.

And finally, is it April 1st? Inventor paints Andes to combat global warming - presumably as a daft stunt ...... he'd make more of an impact if he turned one lightbulb off. And that would not only be cheaper but wouldn't cause massive environmental damage either. Not sure if this idiot vandal should be locked up in jail or an assylum.

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