Dan Green

For contrast, here's my best attempt at plotting some of the predictions by people who are expecting cooling (for whatever reason).

alternatively let's go all in and insist they were growing almonds

Looks like it was daisies rather than vines that they were referring to
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Got it, and to be fair I don't think I ever said to a teacher 'citation needed'. I hope you'll agree that it's a bit of a stretch to go from the mention in the Vindolanda tablets of wine (which could have come from anywhere in the Roman world), to surmising that they were growing grapes by the wall!

Do you have a source for that by any chance?

I've seen that claim made a few times (e.g. this week by a Durham councillor) and looked online for supporting evidence, but never seen any.

This map (The Winelands of Britain, Richard Selley) suggests a line from the Humber to the Bristol Channel.

It was good to be part of the preparation of this from Green Alliance which sends some important messages about the UK's questionable resilience. It's also fitting that its launch coincides with today's warnings by the Met Office of weather records being set more frequently now in the UK.

Adapt to thrive: preparing the UK for climate change In this report, we show that the UK is underprepared for the impacts of climate change and outline a roadmap to an adapted and more resilient future.

🌡️☔ New report | The UK isn't prepared for the impacts of climate change, and they're already here.

Nearly 3k deaths from excess heat in 2022. £2.4bn annual flooding costs. 6m homes at flood risk.

Yet 2/3 of #adaptation actions are inadequate for the scale of the challenge.

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1955 also sticks out among the La Nina years. Any idea what was going on then?