Whatever else we can say about this now drawing to a close. Just from the u.n. World Meteorological Association. That make this the warmest decade since record keeping began in the mid 19th century in the past 5 years since 2015 the hottest on record temperature of 38.7 degrees south. Of the Cambridge tonic garden never taken in the u.k. Was warming like this come floods and a promising new technique being tried out in Scotland suggests substantial and sudden flooding flash flood might be for a cost in the future. Well as we ve been hearing 2 British women are among the 30 people injured by a volcanic eruption on quite a island off the coast of New Zealand 5 people are believed to be dead and another 8 unaccounted for this is what Stuart Coburn from the local ambulance service told reporters. Majority of the injuries blastoff injuries. A number of us prices for critical and I ve recorded very intensive care at the hospital and then with transported a number of patients to the hospital
Small but it s all it all helps let s just back up very slightly what actually is the evidence because a lot of the headlines that are coming out on emissions but what s the evidence that c o 2 is linked to climate change well the 1st thing to say is it s not just estimates of emissions we actually measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere places all around the world and the carbon dioxide concentration really is going up I think that here the average use is going to turn out to be $410.00 parts per 1000000 in 1900 it was around $280.00 parts per 1000000 so that s an increase of nearly 50 percent and we know the carbon dioxide causes warming of the atmosphere and we re seeing that warming temperatures risen by roughly one degree Celsius since the Industrial Revolution the c o 2 that we chuck out today how long will that be active in the atmosphere so even if I turn the tap off today how long does the bath stay full full So unfortunately it stays fairly full for quite a long time so the
Probably we talked to the scientists who are now growing new kidneys in the culture dish to make it scientists for 5 Live. First this week the u.n. Climate change conference cop 25 has been taking place in Madrid the purpose of the conference is to take the next crucial steps in implementing the global carbon cutting proposals that were agreed upon 4 years ago in Paris but where are we on the road towards a carbon neutral future and what s it going to take to get there my name is Eric Wolf I m a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences in Cambridge My name is Elliot Whittington I lead the work for the Cambridge Institute stand with leadership around engagement policy and business which is a strong focus on climate change and I m pleased to say both of you cycled to come and see me today was very laudable how much c o 2 did you save Eric by your cycle ride several miles to the back of beyond to come and meet Oh I m afraid I haven t worked it out in grams of c o 2 it s fairly small
Passed away in such an incident no group has yet claimed responsibility but a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban said the militant group was not involved a local official said police are searching for the gunman I think that he believes or was targeted because of his work that s David Doyle of Reuters Iran s President Hassan Rouhani called Wednesday for the release of any unarmed and innocent people who were detained during protests against gasoline price hikes after 2 weeks of violent protests and demonstrations Francesca line a has details fired its clashes erupted in mid November after the government abruptly raised fuel prices by as much as 300 percent Tehran has given no official death toll but Amnesty International said on Monday it had documented the deaths of at least $208.00 protest is. Making the disturbances the bloodiest since the 1979 uprising that s what Shiite clerics to power. The struggle of ordinary Iranians to make ends meet it s become harder since last year when u.s
Nation W.U.N. See Rusty Jacobs reports Democrat Dan McCready came up just short in the 28000 contest the new race is considered a toss up between him and Republican state senator dead bishop McCready a Marine and Iraq war veteran spent this final day campaigning in Downtown Fayetteville we spread the word Ok it s very close and I can count on you have your back and thank you thank you Senator McCready s Republican opponent is getting a boost from the White House with the president holding a rally for Dan bishop in Fayetteville far less well funded candidates from the libertarian and green parties are also on the ballot For N.P.R. News I m Rusty Jacobs in Chapel Hill North Carolina the National Weather Association a gathering of media just is holding its annual meeting in Huntsville Alabama a major topic as hurricane Dorian and that President Trump insisted that Alabama was in danger the Birmingham weather office immediately corrected that assertion then last week the National Oceanic