Apart from a few flakes we have missed the recent blizzards, much of the high winds while even the flooding of Port Meadow has not been anything out of the ordinary. All the ‘exciting’ weather has been elsewhere in the country. It is fascinating to see how much difference there can be in conditions across… Continue reading Oxford in the murk now; a warmer murk in future?
Tag: climate-change
Woodman good, Forester bad?
In folk tales and songs the woodman is generally a good character: he saves Little Red Riding Hood from the wolf. Foresters are a more dubious lot who deserve what they get: in one of the Robin Hood ballads, a group of foresters make fun of the hero and are subsequently slain out of hand;… Continue reading Woodman good, Forester bad?
What should we do with our land?
Defra has launched a consultation on a land-use framework for England. This framework should provide the context within which discussions on land-use changes, whether on where to put new forestry plantations or where to put new solar panels. While people may agree with these changes in principle there are frequently objections over individual proposals. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/land-use-in-england… Continue reading What should we do with our land?
Forty years ago, a different climate
The past is a foreign country – we really did do things differently then; there were no mobile phones for a start. During much of the twentieth century there was massive planting of trees on peat and other soils with high organic matter, but prior to the 1960s there was not much concern about this… Continue reading Forty years ago, a different climate
The Old Man of Wytham 