Tag Archives: World Weather Attribution

Rain in Spain a harbinger of ever more climate pain

Posted on October 7, 2024 by John Gibbons

The horrifying floods that killed over 200 people in the Valencia region of Spain dominated the headlines in October 2024, but as I explained in a piece at the time for TheJournal.ie, these were far from isolated incidents. They are … Continue reading →

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Another year for the record books?

Posted on January 4, 2024 by John Gibbons

I filed this piece, a combined review of 2023 and preview of 2024 on the climate and wider environmental front for the Irish Examiner just before the holidays and it ran in early January. And if I sound like a … Continue reading →

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Mitigation, adaptation – or suffering

Posted on October 31, 2023 by John Gibbons

Years and decades of dithering, denial and inaction mean that the remaining options open to humanity grow more limited and more unpalatable by the day. I explained in this Irish Examiner piece in late October the crucial differences between climate … Continue reading →

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Dialling up the global thermostat another notch in 2022

Posted on January 2, 2023 by John Gibbons

It sounds almost a cliché to say that last year was a year of weather extremes. After all, which year out of the last 20 hasn’t been? After all, according to the WMO, the past eight years have been the … Continue reading →

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Running Amoc – uncertain future for Atlantic current

Posted on October 31, 2018 by John Gibbons

Below, my first article to appear in Passive House Plus magazine: IF YOU LOOK at Ireland on an atlas, one thing that is striking is just how far north the island is located. Follow the lines of latitude east across … Continue reading →

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