Reading Roars!

Scientists from the University of Reading’s Walker Institute say that the temperature of continents could grow 40-80% faster than oceans by 2050.

Dr Rowan Sutton, lead author of the climate science study, said:

The fact that warming over land is more rapid than over sea is clearly important for climate impacts, since people live on land. Excessively high temperatures can cause a range of problems such as disruptions to train services due to rails buckling in the heat. In very hot weather people’s health can also suffer

With climate models showing that London (and Reading) summer temperatures could reach 40+ celsius by the middle of this century, imagine the temperature extremes in cities such as Madrid and Dubai, where 40 is currently the norm!

Forget terrorism (or the perceived threat of it), climate change is real, it is happening now, and we should be concerned about its impact.