Climate Change and our Land of Fire, Flood and Drought.

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Originally Posted by 3toes

Architects and town planners here in the UK still see that period as when they are designing for. Unfortunately we are in the UK not Rome.

So while they love to design open Italian piazza areas saying how they will be wonderful and people can enjoy sun and open air what you end up with is a cold wet windswept barren moss covered unused area

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And instead of traditional Roman paintings to decorate the walls replace it with unintelligible "modern" Graffiti from a spray can, ad nauseum[bigsad].

This may be biting. :)

"Mosquitoes discovered in Iceland for first time


The island nation, along with Antarctica, has long been one of the few places on Earth free from the bloodsucking insects"

Mosquitoes Found in Iceland for the First Time - Yale E360

Mosquitoes can survive cold climes, the caribou are often bothered by them during their migration in the artic circle.

I am reminded of stories told to me by colleagues who had worked on the North Slope of Alaska. In summer they had major issues with the radiators of their vehicles being blocked by the dense clouds of mosquitoes!

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

This may be biting. :)

"Mosquitoes discovered in Iceland for first time


The island nation, along with Antarctica, has long been one of the few places on Earth free from the bloodsucking insects"

Mosquitoes Found in Iceland for the First Time - Yale E360

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Iceland does have midges, though. I'd take mossies any day

NOAA say economists estimate rising temperatures will increase consumers' net energy costs 10-22% over the next half century.

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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

NOAA say economists estimate rising temperatures will increase consumers' net energy costs 10-22% over the next half century.

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Happened here already? Inflation kick on beer, crayfish (If you're not a Diver :) ) 3.2% inflation this qtr shot down interest rate reduction speculation for Monday[bigwhistle][bigwhistle][bigwhistle]



ABS might be including illegal Tabaco now I heard[bigrolf][bigrolf]

2015 Wye River fire review I just read was WOW. Jamaican Cat 5 wipe out was sad as well.

Of interest to the topic allowing comparing Apples to Apples not oranges via ACORN is interesting Long-term temperature record: Australian Climate Observations Reference Network – Surface Air Temperature

The paper is worth a read if interested Southeastern Australian climate variability 1860–2009: a multivariate analysis - Ashcroft - 2014 - International Journal of Climatology - Wiley Online Library