On the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1976 heatwave, our scientists have explored how similar events could evolve in a warmer climate.
A plausible future scenario shows UK temperatures reaching 45°C by 2056.
Read more:
https://t.co/CBaQkm9VSJ
This is what entitlement looks like! 🤬
There are nesting waterbirds on this pond on Hampstead Heath... there are also big 'No Swimming' signs, all being totally ignored! 🤬
Pure selfishness... 😒🤬🤬
(Shared from Instagr*m with permission from 'swansofhampsteadheath')
Here we go again..
Global sea surface temperatures are yet again at extreme record warmth values, beating the previous record set in 2024.
Unprecedented. Climate change really is running away from us.
@shoegal1927 Sky news reported this wrong!! The teenager was dragged out to sea by a rogue wave when stood at the top of the stairs, her mother went in after her and then the man went in to try and save them both.
We aren't "destroying" the planet.
We are destroying the conditions that made it possible for us to exist.
Those perfect picture Christmas cards are from a climate long since gone.
The winters that Charles Dickens wrote about no longer exist. The UK is 1.7°C warmer today.
We are in a new climate era, one where stability is no longer a luxury we get to enjoy but instead, one where instability will cause food scarcity and mass migration.
Instead of coming together to deal with this as humans of past eras have done multiple times, we are fighting and arguing about taxes.
All the problems in the world today will be exacerbated by a rapidly warming and changing climate.
We can act and limit further warming, prevent further deaths, prevent further damage, stop us moving further and further away from the images Charles Dickens painted with words.
Only gusts of 145MPH on the Met Office app for the Isles of Skye..
It’s a very exposed site and likely over reading given raw UKV data but still. Breezy 💨
Absolutely insane thunderstorm that happened over the East Riding this afternoon! The type that has you flicking between terrified and in awe🤩
Happy to have caught this stunning video though🌈 @Met4CastUK
@Handry_Outlook Is there any chance of red or purple warnings shifting to Great Yarmouth around 12-2? We’re crossing Breydon water via boat and I’m a little concerned about how hairy it could get!
🚨 Yet more catastrophic flooding in China today.
But don’t worry…
It’s just:
🔸 Blocked drains
🔸 Poor infrastructure
🔸 Building on flood plains
🔸 A once-in-a-hundred-year event (again)
🔸 Just bad luck
🔸 “It’s always rained in summer”
🔸 The media exaggerating
🔸 Nothing unusual, just the weather
🔸 Volcanoes!
🔸 A natural cycle
🔸 El Niño
🔸 And of course, “climate always changes”
But definitely not decades of scientific warnings coming true in real time. 🌍💧
📍 Miyun, Beijing, China
Turkey reached 50.0°C for the first time in recorded history today.
This isn’t just a heatwave, It’s the edge of human survival. In low humidity just 30 minutes of exposure risks heat stroke. Increasing humidity shortens that time.
This is climate change, and it’s accelerating.