Prof Bill McGuire
@profbillmcguire.bsky.social
Volcanologist, climate scientist, writer, broadcaster, activist, socialist, best-selling author of HOTHOUSE EARTH: AN INHABITANT'S GUIDE. Born @ 313 Home town, Llanelli (South Wales) - lives in the wonderful Peak District Website: billmcguire.co.uk
"Grocers are already bringing in more products from abroad because of the poor conditions at home" But the time is coming - soon - when countries will hold onto their own And the UK imports getting on for half its food www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farmers warn shoppers face smaller and more expensive vegetables due to hot weather
This year's harvest could be the worst on record due to the exceptionally dry spring and summer.
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The obscenity continues These corporations are screwing us and screwing the planet, and no government has the balls or the backbone to act against them They need to be eviscerated and the money used for the common good www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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No excuses at all not to make the banks pay more - a lot more These parasites use our hard-earned cash to make themselves richer, and to shower obscene amounts of money on their CEOs and shareholders www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Calls for UK bank tax to fund cost of living help as HSBC profits hit £7.5bn
Levy could raise £19bn to help pay for Andy Burnham’s support for those struggling with bills, say campaigners
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Global heating versus the world's great rivers There's only going to be one winner www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers
Low water levels in the Rhine, Danube and Po have curtailed the transport of goods and reduced electricity output.
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“Those other countries around the world that we currently rely on to produce our food and vegetables, their climates are changing as well" As our harvests worsen and other countries hang on to what they have, we are going to get ever deeper in the sh*t www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn
Wheat is half normal height, while England is seeing earliest ever harvest as farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops
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Bill's Climate Catch-up #26 Subscribe to read the latest paid content in my #CoolEarth substack newsletter Lots of free stuff too 😊
If you still think tomorrow is going to be like today, then you need to watch, digest, and act www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q93...
The Insurance Industry Predicts Mass Death: How Do We Live A Good Life?
YouTube video by Roger Hallam
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Make no mistake, what I have taken to calling a hyper El Nino is building rapidly, and set to bring extreme weather mayhem and record-shattering global temperatures in 2027
The signs of collapsing harvests are coming thick and fast now, but still @andyburnham.bsky.social plans to suck up more oil and gas, pump more CO2 into the atmosphere, and add to the heat, drought, and wildfires that compromise UK food production www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Worst we’ve known’: UK turns to imports as drought and heat hit vegetable crops
Growers in dismay after scorching weather and lack of rain affect yields, sending wholesale prices rocketing
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If you can know someone by the car they buy, then British roads are now dominated by ignorant, stupid, selfish f*ckwits www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Christopher Harry on buying an SUV – cartoon
The new Mega Behemoth XL car – available at 0% interest in the environment
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"more work needed to assess risk from collapse of ecosystem services" Really? I think we all know the risks, as shown by a number of already published analyses Forget further assessment - we need action - by yesterday www.theguardian.com/business/202...
ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’
Exclusive: As wildfires rage across Europe, Frank Elderson tells the Guardian nature loss poses a growing risk to the global economy
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' “Every new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heatwaves more dangerous, and our world less secure,” Guterres said' FFS @andyburnham.bsky.social Pay attention. As I have said - the climate doesn't recognise - or reward - pragmatism www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling
Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns
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"Summer book post: the perfect beach-on-fire read!" "A great recent book on the subject is 'The Fate of the World' from the outspoken Bill McGuire, who takes us through our geological past to put the present in context" Thank you so much Ben Carey - Creative Director, Utopia Bureau
‘It’s too fast, too big’ Yup - the penny is dropping Across the entire geological record, our world has NEVER heated up as rapidly as it has in the last hundred years or so www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable
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"the half-year solar boom is second only to the record 167,316 installations recorded in the second half of 2011" All well and good, but the big question is - why was the 2011 peak not maintained? Why - 15 years on - has it still not been exceeded? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
New solar panels in Great Britain at 15-year high as fossil fuel costs soar
Boom in solar farms and home installations in first half of 2026 began shortly after start of US-Israel war against Iran
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"global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely" "Extremely scary" yes, but nonetheless this is not the end of the super-charging of our weather, it is just the beginning www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘Extremely scary findings’ show climate crisis is supercharging Europe’s wildfire weather
Latest study says global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely
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Just watched the BBC 10 O'clock news @bbcnewsunofficial.bsky.social Two stories - one on the Suffolk wildfire and another on the countrywide Welsh drought - with not a SINGLE mention of the climate Just beyond belief www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drought declared for whole of Wales amid sustained high temperatures
Wales is on course for its driest July on record in almost 190 years.
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If the heat is making life unbearable, then you might want to consider moving out of the city, further north or uphill - or all three, as I did a while back You will steal a march n the coming exodus - and get a good night's sleep www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Families to be moved out of billionaire-owned tower after suffering without air con
Several councils to stop housing tenants in glass-fronted Britannia Point in London, where tenants were earlier told they could not use air con
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You should know @andyburnham.bsky.social that the climate doesn't recognise - or reward - pragmatism Every tonne of CO2 takes 400,000 years to be removed from the atmosphere Hell is coming - and you ignore it at your - and our - peril www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Burnham says he told Trump he would be ‘pragmatic’ on drilling for oil in North Sea – politics live
‘There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that,’ the prime minister says when asked about his conversation with Donald Trump
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A perfect pictorial metaphor for climate breakdown and its devastating ramifications www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Giant iceberg turns over near Greenland's coast
Video captured by a passerby showed the moment the iceberg collapsed creating a big wave.
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UK wildfires don't compare (yet) with those in France and Spain, but they are happening in very densely populated areas It is only a matter of time before communities are obliterated and lives lost Anything to say Prime Minister? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
Suffolk wildfire updates: Blaze grows to size of 140 football pitches
A major incident has been declared - one holidaymaker tells us he was woken up by "hammering" on his door and told to evacuate immediately.
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You can now also read a lightly edited version of my recent @theguardian.com piece here www.sgr.org.uk/resources/wi...
Wildfires are raging and the world has junked 45 climate pledges: scientists must be more outspoken
Five years ago, Prof Bill McGuire wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out against fossil fuels. With governments now in retreat, and extreme weather is worsening, the urgency of ac...
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I wouldn't disagree with any of this, from Sarah Wilson www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Your worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about it
Writer Sarah Wilson argues we’re hurtling toward the same end as ancient Rome and the Mayan civilisation – but there’s plenty to fight for
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"water companies were wasting five times more water through leaky pipes than even a nationwide hosepipe ban could save" Since privatisation, the money that should have paid too fix this has been siphoned into the pockets of CEOs and shareholders www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Half of England officially in ‘exceptionally serious’ drought
Environment Agency names seven regions affected by unusually hot and dry weather and shortage of water
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As governments row back on green measures, there has never been a more important time to make a lot of noise True, many climate scientists are speaking out and taking action, but many more are still hiding in the undergrowth This is just not good enough www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuire
Five years ago, I wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out. Now governments are in retreat, it is surely time to act, says climate professor Bill McGuire
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I have a new piece in @newscientist.com Unfortunately there is a paywall, but it will appear in my #CoolEarth substack newsletter in due course www.newscientist.com/article/2581...
Earth is heating up faster than at any time in its history | New Scientist
To understand where climate change is heading, we have to look at the planet’s distant past and appreciate the disturbing uniqueness of our situation, says Bill McGuire
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Not so much the elephant in the room, as the brontosaurus I have yet to hear the new PM mention the word climate, or even comment on the raging fires across the channel www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ella Baron on Andy Burnham’s plans for youth employment – cartoon
The PM says he is committed to diversifying Britain’s higher education offers with industrial training – ‘hard hats rather than graduation caps’
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