‘Never-ending’ UK rain made 10 times more likely by climate crisis, study says

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1. To paraphrase a popular book, we’re prisoners of geography.

2. On the bright side, it does make us the perfect location to set any Cyberpunk stories, where there is *always* regular rain to provide the noir-esque mood.

3. I’m sure they make stuff up as they go along based on what’s out the window at that time.
   Wasn’t it going to be 42c every summer? Oh look it’s raining .

4. There will still be a hosepipe ban and we will be told to save water as our corporate overlords suck up every penny of our water bills and refuse to harness any of the mass rain

5. We just need to fit mini energy turbines to our gutters and we will have unlimited rain power.

   Unlocking the power of rain is I’m sure the key to Britain’s success. We must take what makes us suffer and use it to become strong.

6. September and October were dry as fuck where I worked. Now March and April were fucking wet.

7. “The seemingly never-ending”
   Fixed the title.

   That said for a Guardian article – it’s actually pretty good.

8. How much green tax do I need to pay before the sun comes back out?

9. Speeding up the rot. Higher temperatures, Higher humidity leads to stronger storms and more torrential rain in a feedback loop

10. Really? Feels like the opposite its just been getting dryer and hotter year on year lol

11. I can live under the tories, a failing society, collapsing public services. But if for three months of the year I don’t get horrendously sunburnt while cheering on England in a beer garden then this country has literally nothing for me and I will leave. I literally don’t care if climate change floods half the country as long as we get a proper summer.

12. Not that I doubt this or climate change but I thought it was going to be getting hotter & drier & droughts were now far more likely? Which is gonna be? Both bitter& drier & never ending rain?

13. Urgent carbon cuts – where? In china? or developing countries?

    Because if UK cut it to 0 that wouldn’t nudge the meter.

14. They should just start building up the UK so it could be like Venice.

15. Merry old United Kingdom the puddle of Europe , one minute it’s raining the next minute it’s also raining

16. I’m not a denier but when everything comes down to the same slogan I just start switching off.
    I’m 35 and grew up hearing about the end of the world being around the corner.
    It seems the only solution is that regular people have to pay more on their bills.

17. hopefully all those new oil and gas licenses will help to mitigate this 🙄

18. I work outside mostly, I think England should change its name to just moist, the only time I’m dry is when I’m asleep.

19. That picture is Downpatrick, my dentist is there and his surgery was ruined because diesel got into the flood waters and contaminated everywhere. He moved across the street to a 1st floor surgery but says the old building is completely stripped out but still smells of fuel. Otherwise the town is like a ghost town, so many shops either moved or are still trying to get fixed. Even the big Asda that was condemned, built on the flood plains, is operating out of a big marquee.

20. We should really think about encouraging more trees and vegetation in our river catchments. And less grazers.