Wild weather, warming planet 2020 Replay
Published December 23, 2020
It’s been a year of extremes. Wildfires consumed vast areas of Australia, Siberia and the U.S. West. Flooding in Africa and southeast Asia pushed millions from their homes, while extreme heat and drought hit countries in South America. Cyclone Harold tore through the Pacific, and this year saw an exceptionally intense hurricane season in the Atlantic, including unprecedented back-to-back Category 4 hurricanes that devastated Central American countries in November. And in the Arctic, sea ice shrank back to its second-lowest extent ever recorded.
For years, scientists have warned that climate change will cause increasingly chaotic and extreme weather, and studies are bearing that out. Advances in a field known as “event attribution science” mean researchers are able to assess whether climate change played a role in causing, or worsening, a specific weather event.
The Lipinski brothers who are performing with their band at The Gardens Festival.
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The Lipinski brothers are hosting a live stream carol concert from Weston with a host of celebrity guests including Reverend & The Makers, Def Leppard and Dame Jessica Ennis in aid of Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
The Weston musicians will host the event from Alex’s living room on Monday at 7pm to help raise critical funds for a new cancer and leukaemia ward.
The concert has been organised by the hospital charity s ambassador and Weston producer Iain Robertson, from North Somerset.
Rick Savage from Def Leppard.
18/06/2012
June 18th, 2012
The media blackout’s over. The curtain’s raised. Settle down and prepare for the enlightenment. Jon ‘The Reverend’ McClure takes centre stage. That little blue bird you’ve been seeing at the bottom of web pages? Hold tight – it’s called Twitter mate, and the Rev’s onto it. Except he’s not just onto it. He’s over it, he’s through it, he’s past it, he’s done it – now he’s gonna serve some home truths directly into your ear canal about it. This is 2k12 130mph shit. Hold onto your laptop ‘cos this goes deep.
BBC News
By Paul Glynn
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image captionJon McClure s band Reverend and the Makers have had six UK top 20 albums
Reverend and the Makers Jon McClure has offered to play private online gigs for fans who are genuinely on their own on Christmas Day.
The Sheffield singer s Twitter gesture followed Saturday s news that tighter coronavirus restrictions were to come into force over the festive period.
McClure has been contacting fans directly throughout this year already.
He told the BBC he wants to do his bit to keep spirits up during the pandemic-reduced festivities. When I ve seen people are struggling on social media or whatever, I ll just message them and say, ere are, get your mates on this Zoom or Facetime call and I ll just play them a couple of songs, explained McClure.
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Are any Rev fans genuinely gonna be alone on Xmas day?
Might zoom ya n play ya a song if so
Genuine people only plz. You’ll be taking me away from my family so don’t take the piss if you’ve got ya family hiding round the corner yeah?
“Might zoom ya n play ya a song if so. Genuine people only plz. You’ll be taking me away from my family so don’t take the piss if you’ve got ya family hiding round the corner yeah?”
Speaking to the
BBC following the gesture, McClure said he’s already been offering private performances through the pandemic.