Human-induced climate change makes heatwaves 30 times more likely

CNN ^ | December 6, 2018 | By Matthew Robinson

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Human-induced climate change has made the United Kingdom's record-breaking 2018 summer heatwave around 30 times more likely than under normal conditions, the country's meteorological body has said.

The UK as a whole endured its joint hottest summer on record in 2018, and the hottest ever for England.

"Our provisional study compared computer models based on today's climate with those of the natural climate we would have had without human-induced emissions," said Professor Peter Snott from the Met Office and Exeter University.

Snott noted that the "rapidly increasing changes" stem from an increase in the concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

Kathryn Brown, the head of adaptation in the UK's Committee on Climate Change, which advises the government, told CNN that the report reinforces that the government must redouble its efforts to address the impacts of high temperatures and lack of rain.

[VietVet876]

You certainly are. More of a Porsche fan here but owned two of Limies and coulda/shoulda had one or two more. First car I bought myself was a ‘67 Triumph GT6. Broke some stuff on that hard driving it in the high desert outside of San Diego. Traded on a ‘58 orange Bugeye. Before going active, I visited a friend in Duchess County, NY, whose older broker had moved overseas and wanted to sell his ‘63 AC Cobra (BRG, of course) with 27,000 miles for $3,000. Coulda come up with the money. Damn. Then in Feb. of ‘68 on boot camp leave, a friend of my father’s lent me his ‘61 XKE for the two weeks. Gunmetal gray with 40,000 miles. Needed a clutch so when you’d shift into fourth at 6,500 it would slip and not go any faster than 100. Which was plenty on the eastern PA back roads I was driving it on. So a clutch job at the time was $400. He would have sold it to me for $2,000. Damn, again. Never owed a Brit bike but I road plenty of my friends’ like Norton 750 Commando, various and sundry 650 BSA’s and Triumphs, and an Enfield which was a hoot. Somebody had a Black Shadow Vincent but never brought it around. Can’t blame him.

[The Great RJ]

I am waiting for the clever sophistry from the climate alarmists to explain why we are experiencing global cooling as the result of the sun entering a period of dormancy. I’m sure they are concocting some ridiculous rhetoric that the cooling we are seeing is part of the impending man caused global warming catastrophe.

[Reily]

The truth is we are still in the geologic age called the Quaternary. An age characterized by cyclic transcontinental glaciations. The last glaciation - Ice Age if you will ended (Whatever that means!) roughly 20,000 years ago. A lot of geologist will tell you we are still in an ice age since the Quaternary is an age of repeated glaciations. What we have experienced since roughly 22,000 years ago is likely a warming lull with some cold intervals (e.g., ., The Little Ice Age - 14th to the mid-19th centuries, although there is no generally agreed start or end date: some confine the period to 1550-1850.) Its possible the Quaternary has ended (Need physical proof not computer simulations!) and we are entering a whole new geo-climate ball game but I doubt it.

Note there have been many many Ice Ages! Again it depends on how you define ice age!

[Harpotoo]

Then why the hell is so cold outside today! I want my Human GloBULL warming now:-)

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Bad as the New York Heat Wave of 1896? or the heat wave of 1936?

http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-1911-heat-wave-was-so-deadly-it-drove-people-insane/

And a few others...
https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/summer-scorchers-americas-9-worst-heat-waves-ever-recorded/

https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-heat-waves-in-history/eric-vega

Maybe the Europeaqn Heat Wave of 1757.

You want heat? Look at these historic figures for Tulsa OK, BEFORE AIR CONDITIONING, and SUVs.

http://www.intellicast.com/Local/History.aspx?month=7

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I owned four Jaguars in my misspent youth.
They were, in the order I owned them:

1960 XK 150S roadster. Late 1960 car with the E “gold head” engine and electric overdrive. Cruddy white when I bought it. Painted it Ferrari red.

1957 Mk VII sedan. Canadian car that had found its way to Iowa City. Transplanted a 3.8 E motor from a wrecked E since the 3.4 was a little tired. Improved the exhaust system with a pair of Midas glass packs. Four speed and OD.
With the OD switch and downshifting, I could get three or four levels of Burrrr.
Painted it two tone cream and brown. Ladies thought it was a Rolls...

1966 E type roadster. Perfect rust-free body had been Ziebarted when new. Iowa Law student had allowed the motor to overheat and had coolant creeping into the oil. Gradually, the oil pressure went to 10 pounds. Sold it to a re-builder.

1966 E type coupe. White with red leather. Rusty but fast. Sold it when our son came into the world. Wife and I recognized we needed a recreational vehicle for three and the E was a little tight on space.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I should add, five years ago, I had to cash in some bonds and a nearby airline pilot wanted to sell his 2002 Porsche Carerra coupe.

The car was gray with a big whale tail and had 11,000 miles. No turbo but still huge volumes of scat.

The plastic interior was a turn off and the short wheelbase provided a choppy ride

I owned the car for almost three years. One oil change at the local dealer ran $200.

Maybe I was too old...?