{"id":305628,"date":"2024-03-03T12:58:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T11:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=305628"},"modified":"2024-03-03T12:58:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T11:58:19","slug":"british-network-rail-blames-climate-change-for-rail-embankment-landslip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=305628","title":{"rendered":"British Network Rail Blames Climate Change for Rail Embankment Landslip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Newington Embankment Failure. Source\u00a0BBC<\/a>, fair use, low resolution image to identify the subject.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t slipshod earthworks maintenance, it was climate change wot dunnit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Newington landslip due to climate change, says Network Rail<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jacob Panons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBC News, South East<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A railway director said the train system is \u201csuffering the challenges of climate change\u201d following a landslip in Kent.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Network Rail, which found a 40m (131ft) long crack, said material had slipped about 5m (16ft) down an embankment at Newington<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Network Rail\u2019s Kent route infrastructure director Bob Coulson said more than \u00a3470m had been spent on earthworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The line is due to reopen on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-kent-68435639<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To be fair, Kent does get a lot of rainfall, including over the last few days<\/a>. But getting historic rainfall data out of the British Environment Agency is like pulling teeth<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the area has long been known for landslips. Down the road in Folkestone, a recent landslip is threatening a residential house<\/a>. And you don\u2019t have to look hard to find historical accounts of other landslides in the region, such as a Kent landslide which caused a train crash in 2020<\/a>, a severe landslide in 1988<\/a>, or severe landslips in 1877, 1920 and 1939<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clearly these evil CO2 molecules have developed the ability to tunnel backwards in time, and cause climate disasters before they were even released into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Update (EW): Pakistan is investing in advanced remote monitoring systems to detect landslides before they happen<\/a>, by measuring millimetre scale deformations of the ground. Perhaps Network Rail should send a scientific team to Pakistan, so their people can catch up to Pakistan\u2019s scientific advances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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