Lived in Antarctica for two years. Chair of BBC Gardeners' Question Time. Weatherman. Conservation volunteer. Fellow RMetS and RGS.
Peter Gibbs
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First rasps of the season from the garden
Hard to comprehend. These are Antarctic Peninsula locations, therefore exposed to strong maritime westerlies from the Southern Ocean but shows how the Antarctic's defences are being broken down
Sunshine doesn't have to go through the Strait of Hormuz
The rain is arriving just in the nick of time for this poor old Hebe in the garden. A long-established plant that normally sails through dry spells, so shows how severe this drought has been especially when combined with record May temperatures.
The UK Summer of 1976. Dress rehearsal for our new normal
Makes you weep
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The place that made me. Two years of my life as the station meteorologist in one of the most remarkable spots on Earth.
www.bas.ac.uk/blogpost/sev...
It's my turn to check on these lovely ladies. Welsh Beulah and black Hebridean sheep conservation grazing on a lovely little @bbowt.bsky.social reserve tucked away in a hidden valley in south Berkshire. Note the large anthills dotted across the site, a sure sign of undisturbed ground.
Let's have some cheering environment news for a change
BBC News - Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
England just had its warmest spring on record.
The record was last set in spring 2025.
Before that, spring 2024.
9 of the 10 warmest springs have occurred since 2007.
It's almost like there's a long-term driver causing this...
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Swampy mangrove forests are staging a surprise comeback - which is good news for coastal communities and the climate.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Adam Vaughan
6,000 miles from home, on a shelf of ice that moves, cracks and occasionally breaks away, British scientists have been keeping watch for seventy years. What they've found has mattered to everyone.
