Volcanologist, climate scientist, writer, broadcaster, activist, socialist, best-selling author of HOTHOUSE EARTH: AN INHABITANT'S GUIDE. Born @ 313 Home town, Llanelli (South Wales) - lives in the wonderful Peak District Website: billmcguire.co.uk
Nice one @damiengayle.bsky.social Hope you 'enjoyed' the book? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Could ‘Godzilla’ El Niño bring the hottest year on record? – video explainerEnvironment correspondent Damien Gayle spoke to climate scientists to understand how El Niño and the climate crisis pose a huge threat to the planetwww.theguardian.comMy recent piece on 'fire thunderstorms' in BBC Science Focus magazine seems especially timely www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth...
Deadly 'fire thunderstorms' are forming across the US. And cities may be powerless to stop them | BBC Science Focus MagazineMega-firestorms are erupting around the globe. And we’re not preparedwww.sciencefocus.comMy talk for @4billiondead.bsky.social last week was plagued by technical problems You can now, however, listen here, and see an abridged transcript I won't say enjoy, but you know what I mean 🙂 rogerhallam.com/the-insuranc...
The Insurance Industry Predicts Mass DeathFour billion people dead, buried in an appendix nobody was meant to read.rogerhallam.comI have been saying for a while that we are going backwards Here is the latest grim evidence app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/c374dd...
⚠️ The Fossil Lobby Is Winning: 45 Climate Policy Reversals in One YearLast week I wrote on LinkedIn: I have been following climate politics for a long time. I do not think I have ever felt this upset. As the climate crisis accelerates, our leaders are not accelerating c...app.wedonthavetime.org"Flights to Bordeaux and Madrid, the closest....are currently not affected. Earlier on Saturday, a French foreign minister described the fires as a "tragedy" but urged tourists not to cancel their travel plans" Because what we need to do is emit even more CO2 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fleeing a wall of flames: Tourists describe France wildfires escapeFamilies visiting France from the UK and elsewhere have told the BBC how their holidays have become evacuation missions.www.bbc.co.ukIt beggars belief that we still carry on as normal - still sucking up and burning more oil and gas - still pretending everything is fine Will anything make us change? Or will we march glassy-eyed and grinning into oblivion? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
France and Spain race to control wildfires as suburbs of Bordeaux begin evacuation – liveOfficials in Spain warn winds could worsen fires on Saturdaywww.theguardian.comBut hey, let's pretend none of this is happening and keep sucking up and burning the last dregs of North Sea oil and gas www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
Europe wildfires latest: More than 130,000 evacuated across France and SpainRegional emergency management chief Carlos Novillo says extinguishing the Spanish fires is "beyond the capacity" of fire crews.www.bbc.co.ukIf you fly to continental Europe on holiday, don't be surprised to have your trip ruined, and possibly your life threatened, by major wildfires And don't forget, by flying, and pumping out tonnes of CO2, you will be contributing to the situation getting worse www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tens of thousands evacuated from France's Cap Ferret peninsula as wildfires spreadThe fire has raged in the region for several days with officials now ordering the evacuation of the entire Cap Ferret peninsula.www.bbc.co.ukAlternating flash droughts and flash floods are going to tear agriculture apart right across the planet www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits EuropeAnalysis shows how heatwaves are making atmosphere thirstier, damaging water supplies, food production and power generationwww.theguardian.comAs I have already said You have one hell of a shock coming @andyburnham.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nicola Jennings on drought-hit Britain – cartoonAndy Burnham’s new premiership offers green shoots of hope as the National Drought Group issues a warning, and hosepipe bans come into force in southern Englandwww.theguardian.com
