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East Anglia

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Population2. 492
Points of interest The Broads
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Colleges and universities University of East Anglia
Clubs and Teams Norwich City F. C.
Milton Keynes Dons F. C.
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About East Anglia


East Anglia is a geographical area in the East of England. The area included has varied but the legally defined NUTS 2 statistical unit comprises the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, including the City of Peterborough unitary authority area.

Essex pylon corridor compensation plan 'insulting'

Essex pylon corridor compensation plan 'insulting'
Nov 26,2023 10:41 am

... " In East Anglia we use 8% of the power that is produced in the region - most of it goes to London and the South-East - so it s really unfair to see our area trashed when there is a better way of doing things...

'I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I teach it'

'I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I teach it'
Nov 23,2023 9:11 pm

... It was a controversy involving research from the University of East Anglia...

Lightning fires threaten planet-cooling forests

Lightning fires threaten planet-cooling forests
Nov 9,2023 11:41 am

... " Our research highlights that extratropical forests are vulnerable to the combined effects of a warmer, drier climate and a heightened likelihood of ignitions by lightning strikes, " said Dr Matthew Jones from the University of East Anglia...

Stephen Hawking daughter tells school pupils to 'make world better'

Stephen Hawking daughter tells school pupils to 'make world better'
Nov 2,2023 3:21 am

... She was joined by former England rugby international Prof Mark Bailey, who is an academic in late medieval history at the University of East Anglia in Norwich...

Hampshire and Isle of Wight: Roads flooded in amber rain warning

Hampshire and Isle of Wight: Roads flooded in amber rain warning
Oct 25,2023 3:11 am

... It also moved it south in the South East, removing most of East Anglia from the warning area...

Stage that once hosted William Shakespeare found, claims Norfolk theatre

Stage that once hosted William Shakespeare found, claims Norfolk theatre
Oct 4,2023 9:31 pm

... Michael Dobson, director of the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, says: " The uncovering of the actual boards really trodden by Shakespeare s troupe during their tours of East Anglia should be far more significant to archaeologists of the Elizabethan theatre than is the conjectural replica of the Globe theatre erected near the real, long-demolished Globe s foundations in central London in the 1990s...

Tea purists divided over new 60-second brew

Tea purists divided over new 60-second brew
Sep 14,2023 11:31 am

... But Andrew Mayes, an emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of East Anglia, told the BBC the best advice for those concerned by that issue would be to opt for loose leaf tea...

Gboyega Odubanjo: Multiple lines of inquiry in poet case

Gboyega Odubanjo: Multiple lines of inquiry in poet case
Sep 2,2023 2:41 am

... He had been studying for a PhD in creative writing at the University of Hertfordshire and had previously attended the University of East Anglia...

Europe wildfires: Are they linked to climate change?

Aug 24,2023 10:01 am

Heatwaves and wildfires across Europe are causing Alarm - with warnings some countries could be in for their worst fire seasons So Far .

So how do wildfires compare with previous years?

So Far this year, the amount of land burnt by fires across the European Union is More Than Three Times greater than what you would expect by The Middle of July.

Almost 346,000 hectares (1,370 sq miles) of land have been recorded as burnt (as of 16 July),

Much of Western Europe has been hit by a record-breaking heatwave, which substantially increases The Risk of fires.

" There are basically three important ingredients for fires - High temperatures, dryness, and High wind, " says Dr Friederike Otto , a senior lecturer in climate science at Imperial College London.

What is the overall trend?

This fire season is something of an outlier, according to experts.

" We've actually seen a decline in the area burned by fires in The Mediterranean and across Europe more widely over The Last couple of Decades , in a way that doesn't marry up with the rapidly changing risk of fires, " says Dr Matthew Jones, a climate scientist at the University of East Anglia .

It is a complex picture, experts say, and hard to pick one reason for this trend for the whole of Europe.

Over 95% of the fires in Europe are caused by human activity,

And some places fires are becoming more expected, such as throughout The Mediterranean , are seeing better safeguards and awareness campaigns.

" People are more aware than ever of the risks of Wildfire - and that's leading to fewer Wildfire ignitions and improvements in The Way we fireproof the landscape, " Dr Jones says.

" Yet, when we get really extreme droughts and heatwaves like the current one, we get huge fire years that puncture through the long-term trend. "

Which countries have been worst hit this year?

France and Spain have had a big jump in the amount of land burnt by forest fires So Far this season.

Both countries have recorded about seven times more land burnt through to The Middle of July compared with average.

North-western Spain has seen some of the country's worst fires This Week .

Neighbouring Portugal has also seen significant fires, with Three Times more land burned than normal.

The worst of France's fires have been in the south-western Gironde region, where two engulfed More Than 20,000 hectares in The Past week.

Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy have also seen a big increase in land burned.

Unseasonably hot weather and low rainfall have dried out large areas of forest and grassland across much of Europe, creating good conditions for wildfires to spread.

As you can see in this map of the UK and France, much of The Land has been dried out to a shade of brown compared with The Green landscape of Last Year .

The UK has also seen an unusually large amount of land burnt by fires So Far this year, over four times More Than the seasonal average.

Are fires linked to Climate Change ?

" Heatwaves and droughts are exacerbated by Climate Change and are absolutely the defining factor in years with massive Wildfire outbreaks, like The Present one, " Dr Jones says.

But he says other factors such as forest management can affect the likelihood of fires in years with more typical weather.

In High -risk areas of Europe, authorities are increasingly burning down some vegetation, under carefully managed conditions, to make it harder for wildfires to spread.

There also needs to be better water management to tackle drought conditions, according to some experts.

" In many parts of Europe, you have lots of small rivers, swamps and flood plains which have been drained out, which increase the dryness of The Forest , " Dr Otto says.

" But we definitely see trends in fire weather risk because of Climate Change .

" The Risk is higher in The Mediterranean region than the rest of Europe. "

Studies for central and southern regions of Europe over The Past couple of Decades .



Source of news: bbc.com

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