The Patch
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| Originally published | November 13, 2018 |
| Authors | John McPhee |
| Genres | Quotation |
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| ID | 2984451 |
About The Patch
John McPhee's The Patch is just that: patches of work across a writer's lifetime that come together to form a quilt of essays, reflections and reminiscences. Ranging across a variety of genres and styles, subjects and moods, his patches are collected from writings that have not previously appeared in any book. . . .
UK inflation falls sharply to 4. 6% as energy prices ease
... " Dave Golding, manager of The Patch food bank charity in Milford Haven in Wales, said people were still under pressure from higher food and energy costs, with the charity set to have provided 150,000 meals this year...
Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth by-elections: What to expect from Thursday's polls
... The Patch has been Conservative for so long, none of the parties began with very much precise data about previous voting patterns, beyond the obvious - which is most voters voted Conservative last time out...
The Patch: BBC radio show's postcode lottery unearths stories in random places
... Each episode of Polly Weston s BBC Radio 4 series The Patch starts with a random postcode generator...
Losing Dominic Raab is a bad day for Rishi Sunak
... Party leader Sir Ed Davey was there in The Patch in the blink of an eye to make that case...
Taiwan bear badge punches back after China drills
... Taiwan s air force told the Reuters news agency that it did not " particularly encourage" its members to wear The Patch, which is not a part of their uniform...
Ocean plastic: How tech is being used to clean up waste problem
... 2% of the 100 million kilograms of plastic contained in the world s largest patch of plastic rubbish, he said it was still worth it: " Everything big starts small, right? " The team believes it will have collected 1% of The Patch by the end of this year using its current system - but they are scaling up their operations to try to clean up patches faster...
Scotland 'snow-free' for fourth time in six years
... Just six days ago he had made the climb to check on The Patch and described it as " hanging on for dear life...
By-election: Tory wobbles in true blue Bexley?
... One minister who has visited The Patch points out that governing parties historically used to get a hammering at mid-term by-elections - so the fact they ve even won some, like Hartlepool, is reason to be optimistic...
Scotland 'snow-free' for fourth time in six years
Scotland is completely snow-free for The Fourth Time In The Last Six Years .
The Sphinx , in the Cairngorms, which is historically the longest-lasting Patch of snow in the UK, has melted.
Snow expert Iain Cameron reported on Friday that the famous Patch had disappeared in The Last 24 hours.
It is The Fourth time it has gone in The Last Six Years , having only melted nine times in The Past 300 years. Mr Cameron said Climate Change was a likely factor.
The Sphinx , on remote Braeriach, a 1,296m (4,252ft) Munro, has melted away more frequently in The Last 18 years.
According to records, it previously melted fully in 1933, 1959, 1996, 2003, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2021 and now 2022.
Before 1933, it is thought to have last melted completely in the 1700s.
Mr Cameron tweeted: " So There we have it. It is confirmed that Scotland is snow-free Yet Again .
" The Last Patch , The Sphinx , disappeared sometime in The Last 24 hours. "
He added: " I'm not a climatologist (nor even an academic), but it's a pretty obvious direction Of Travel .
" The Future for semi-permanent snows in Scotland looks bleak. "
The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.Just Six Days ago he had made The Climb to check on The Patch and described it as " hanging on for Dear Life . "
Mr Cameron, based in Stirling, has been studying snow patches in Scotland for 25 years and is author of The Book The Vanishing Ice, which he describes as a " lament" to snow and ice that lingers high in Scotland's hills.
He worked alongside the late Dr Adam Watson , a biologist because of his many years studying The Mountains .
Some of Dr Watson's research on The Sphinx drew on information handed down by generations of people who worked and visited the Cairngorms.
The Scottish Mountaineering Club began noting The Fortunes of The Patch in the 1840s and more recently scientists and ecologists have gathered information.
Separately from Mr Cameron's research, and published In July 2020 said declining snow cover, and fewer days when it snowed had been observed on Cairngorm Mountain since The Winter of 1983-84.
Researchers also noted a trend for increasingly warmer weather since the 1960s, and suggested that by the 2080s there would be some years with very little or no snow at all on Cairngorm.
The Sphinx lies in Garbh Choire Mor, a hollow known as a corrie formed by ice or a glacier during The Last Ice Age .
Garbh Choire Mor is described as Scotland's snowiest corrie because of the amount of snow it can hold even through summer months.
The Sphinx is the name of a climbing route near The Snow Patch .
Source of news: bbc.com