On Society
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| Originally published | April 23, 2012 |
| Authors | Bryan Turner |
| Anthony Elliott | |
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| ID | 2126883 |
About On Society
‘Society' is one of the most frequently used words in public life; it is also a foundational term in the social sciences. In our own time, however, the idea has never been so much in dispute and so little understood. For some critics, society is simply too consensual for a world of intensive discord. . . .
Eighteen members of County lines drugs gang sentenced
... Judge Anna Richardson said drugs had a " devastating impact" On Society...
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... " Crime is a scourge On Society, and an insult to shoppers and retail workers...
The Blackening: Film challenges horror movie tropes
... It s visibly aware of its comment On Society and blackness and brings up the question, how black is black enough to survive the Blackening? The early portrayal of black people in Hollywood stems back to the 1915 film Birth of A Nation...
Sudha Murty: Why her comment over spoons divided Indians
... Even though discrimination on the basis of caste has been illegal for decades now, its stranglehold On Society continues with those at the bottom of the system continuing to report discrimination and exclusion...
UK weather: hottest June since records began - Met Office
... " That s significant in a warming climate and because of the consequential impacts On Society, " he added...
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...By Jim Reed and Michelle RobertsBBC NewsThe " potentially massive impact" of lockdowns On Society was not thought through in 2020, the lead lawyer for the Covid inquiry has said...
Affirmative action: Why this teen says he was rejected by top US colleges
... " The worry that myself and many other Asian Americans have is that when admission officer sees Patel, when he sees a Lee, when he sees a Kim, when he sees any Asian last name, basically the image that comes up is kid just sitting in his school on classes studying away math, and not doing anything that has an impact On Society, " he said...
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... The firm also faces ethical issues, such as whether it should vet the AI products for which it produces chips, amid swirling concerns about the impact of AI On Society...
UK weather: hottest June since records began - Met Office
By Georgina RannardClimate reporter
The UK had the hottest June on record, the Met Office has confirmed.
The average monthly temperature of 15. 8C exceeded the previous highest average June temperature, recorded in 1940 and 1976, by 0. 9C.
Climate Change made the chance of surpassing the previous joint record at least twice as likely, scientists also said.
Records were broken in 72 of 97 areas in the UK from where temperature data is collected.
As well as the overall UK June record, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each recorded their warmest June since the Met Office started collecting the data in 1884.
" It's officially the hottest June on record for the UK, for mean temperature as well as average maximum and minimum temperature, " said Met Office 's Mark Mccarthy .
" An increase of 0. 9C may not seem a huge amount, but it's really significant because it has taken the average daytime and The Night time temperature for the whole of the UK, " Paul Davies , Met Office Climate Extremes Principal Fellow and Chief Meteorologist, told Bbc News .
" That's significant in a warming climate and because of the consequential impacts On Society , " he added.
He also said that while the UK recorded a higher one-off temperature of 40. 3C Last Summer , the difference last month was the sustained heat both day and night.
Rain was also in short supply for much of the month, with just 68% of the average June rainfall.
Wales was particularly dry, with just over half of its average monthly rainfall.
The Met Office used a supercomputer to analyse the temperatures and identify the fingerprint of Climate Change on The Weather .
" We found that the chance of observing a June beating the previous joint 1940/1976 record of 14. 9°C has at least doubled since the 1940s, " explains Mr Davies.
" Alongside natural variability, the background warming of The Earth 's atmosphere due to human-induced Climate Change has driven up the possibility of reaching record-high temperatures, " he added.
Climate Change is driving Extreme Weather events around The World .
The World has warmed by about 1. 1C since the Industrial Revolution about 200 years ago.
Greenhouse gases have been pumped into the atmosphere by activities such as burning fuels, which have heated up The Earth 's atmosphere.
Last Year the UK recorded temperatures above 40C for the First Time . Scientists said that would have been " virtually impossible without Climate Change ".
The Dry and warm weather last month affected wildlife and nature with environment groups and Flowering Plants wilting.
Nature is being " pounded by Extreme Weather without a chance to recover" the Wildlife Trusts told Bbc News .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com