Scientists recently identified as the greatest danger to Ireland, Britain and Northern Europe, the possibility of the failure of the massive under-ocean current, the North Atlantic conveyor, which – by diverting the ‘Gulf Stream’ to our direction – gives us a much warmer climate than our latitude would normally merit. Ironically, in this part of the world, the first, most-dramatic and irreversible effect of rampant global warming will be much lower temperatures overall.
Month: January 2006
Nature Photos on Slides
You get what you want on Newry Journal. And it’s obvious you can’t get enough photos. Hope you like this new selection by my son’s girlfriend, Katharine Beaven, of Orkney in Scotland.
Christmas Farewell (’06)
As my mate Brendan Milligan – and other returned migrants – once again embark on the Belfast Ferry (pictured), we offer you one last local glimpse of Christmas 2005.
Montgomery & Hamilton
There had been considerable cross-Channel migration – from
Kings on the Roof
I live within waving distance of a railway line; but, although I have kept a long and patient vigil, I have never once seen passengers fighting on the roof of a train – even a stationary one.