It is mid-October now but until a day or so ago, we in England were still enjoying to some degree a summer. This despite the fact that the sun crossed the equator around 3 weeks ago. Until Tuesday, the weather in much of Southern England at least was 22 degrees C or 72 degrees F. … Continue reading Autumn is here or why is weather in Britain so complicated
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The Black Marble : The Earth from Space at night
Last week NASA released a number of fantastic images detailing our planet at night under their Black Marble project. It took hundreds of orbits before the planet could be fully mapped and below are some of the images which I though might be of interest to people. One of the amazing things of the photo… Continue reading The Black Marble : The Earth from Space at night
Petrol from thin air
Originally posted on The Political Idealist:
It might sound like complete science fiction, or at least a distant scientific advance, but it is being done now: the production of zero carbon petroleum from nothing more than air and water. What’s more, it’s happening in Britain. Today’s Independent features the news feature, and we could be…
Stephen Liddell 