Earlier, i spoke to dr matt patterson, whos a Postdoctoral Research assistant in Atmospheric Physics at the University Of Oxford and has been following the winter heatwave. He said this is not a common occurance. Its really quite unusual to see a heatwave of this magnitude in the winter. As you said, weve seen temperatures of 38 degrees in some andes towns when we would expect to see temperatures of 10 15 degrees at this time of year. So really quite unprecedented. In terms of the magnitude, 20 degrees more than average, thats comparable with Summer Heatwaves that weve seen in the southern United States, Southern Europe and china this year. Can you explain in basic terms what exactly is causing this heatwave in winter . Certainly. Its a High Pressure system just to the east of the andes, which is basically dragging warm air down from the tropics and bringing that heat down towards chile and argentina. That High Pressure is also compressing the air, much like when you pump up a bike tyr
no, no, no, we re going to persist with this. and so the story rolled on, and then suddenly the uk government turns around and says after all they have had second thoughts and they are going to continue to recognise the eu mark after all. so much for divergence, so much for setting the standards in the uk. effectively, the uk will become a rotator from the uk. effectively, the uk will become a rotatorfrom brussels the uk. effectively, the uk will become a rotator from brussels on these standards with no influence over them. the second one is about control of the borders. the uk has still not yet in place the control at the border for incoming still not yet in place the control at the borderfor incoming animal and plant products from the uk, so they come in without all the requisite checks despite the fact that uk products going the other way have to be checked because they cross the eu border. a sort of unilateral disarmament which is probably illegal under wta terms. the uk governme