{"id":395228,"date":"2025-08-15T09:44:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=395228"},"modified":"2025-08-15T09:44:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:44:44","slug":"nutty-professor-warns-of-firewaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=395228","title":{"rendered":"Nutty Professor Warns Of\u00a0Firewaves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Paul Kolk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest nonsense from the utterly absurd Justin Rowlatt<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cities across the UK are facing a growing threat from an emerging phenomenon called “firewaves” as temperatures rise due to climate change, scientists have warned.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The term, coined by researchers at Imperial College London, describes multiple urban wildfires triggered by extended periods of hot, dry weather.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The warning comes as firefighters battled three separate heath fires in London and a dramatic gorse blaze on Arthur\u2019s Seat in Edinburgh in recent days, as this summer\u2019s latest heatwave left vegetation across both capitals dangerously dry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These fires, though now contained, highlight the increasing vulnerability of urban areas to wildfires \u2013 a risk that was once considered largely rural.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guillermo Rein, professor of fire science at Imperial College London, has been working alongside the London Fire Brigade to help predict when conditions are ripe for a “firewave”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on current forecasts, he believes London could be at risk again by this weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

London Fire Brigade Assistant Commissioner Tom Goodall said he welcomes any research that helps predict the likelihood of wildfires occurring.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service is “ready to tackle the threat of wildfires head-on to help protect London\u2019s communities and green spaces”, he added.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c9vd79x97zlo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When so-called scientists resort to making up silly terms such as firewaves to get attention, you know you are being conned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe this nutty professor should check his facts first \u2013 London is not getting drier summers or springs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The latest nonsense from the utterly absurd Justin Rowlatt:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":395235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691826155,691837291,691818087,691837292,691820730,691837293],"class_list":{"0":"post-395228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-bbc-news","9":"tag-firewave","10":"tag-global-warming","11":"tag-imperial-college-london","12":"tag-justin-rowlatt","13":"tag-professor-rein","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/OIG-2023-08-09T120430.902.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1EOE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":344491,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=344491","url_meta":{"origin":395228,"position":0},"title":"Climate change is turbo-charging Somalia\u2019s problems \u2013 Justin\u00a0Rowlatt","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"25\/09\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"By contrast, Rowlatt\u2019s drought in 2022 was not unusually severe at all. 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