...According to Kate Spencer, professor of environmental geochemistry at Queen Mary University and expert in historic coastal landfills, “if the landfills aren’t lined then they are almost certainly leaching those chemicals directly into the environment”.
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The south of England (incl East Anglia) has just had its warmest and wettest Feb on record. Many regions in England and Wales had twice the amount of rain compared to the Long Term Average.
My rainfall total for February 2024 is 76mm (our long-term averages are low to mid 30s, on average our driest month, so more than double). Better than last February when we had a meagre 5.5mm. In February 2022 I measured 84.5mm, then we had a very dry spring and summer. I hope that's not going to happen again.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
143 mm for Feb. here @JennyJ, and 176mm for Jan. Not desperately out of the ordinary for this area, but for the fact it's been so mild that it's been rain rather than snow. The latter is far more pleasant, and doesn't impact so quickly on the ground. Snow melt is also more gradual. Feb. last year was drier -79mm, but again, there was very little snow, and January '23 was similar to this Jan [172mm] so evening out over the two months, and a bit lower than this year as an average for the 2 months. That's the thing about averages- there has to be yeasr where it's higher as well as ones which are lower.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
While heading to Heathrow along the M4 yesterday morning, I saw for the first time the extend of the rain we got in the south. So many acres have standing water and areas by the Thames have developed to wetlands. While flying around Sussex, Berkshire and to the East coast, the same there. The groundwater is very high.
When we were over Europe, the regions along the jetstream were also partly under water.
Arrived in Germany, I learned that Germany has officially declared the end of a 10 year drought. The groundwater is filled up.
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Very sad about the chalk streams and amazing to think how few of them there are elsewhere.
Carcinogens in tap water:
https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/01/forever-chemical-in-english-tap-water-samples-carcinogenic-who-rules
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
This report makes me feel uneasy...
...According to Kate Spencer, professor of environmental geochemistry at Queen Mary University and expert in historic coastal landfills, “if the landfills aren’t lined then they are almost certainly leaching those chemicals directly into the environment”.
Feb. last year was drier -79mm, but again, there was very little snow, and January '23 was similar to this Jan [172mm] so evening out over the two months, and a bit lower than this year as an average for the 2 months.
That's the thing about averages- there has to be yeasr where it's higher as well as ones which are lower.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I ♥ my garden.