Snow Storms Creating Havoc On British Roads
Posted on: December 21st, 2009 Posted by Stewart Perry
Travellers were expecting to face some further major transit disruptions as heavy snow falls are set to affect much of the country, while England’s south-east and north-east are said to be the worst affected areas.
Severe warnings in respect to heavy snowfall in London as well as the East Midlands as been issued by the Met [...]
Northern Ireland Poised For White Christmas
Posted on: December 16th, 2009 Posted by Dave Bond
Weather forecasters say that Northern Ireland may experience a white Christmas for the first time in five years.
According to the Met Office, temperatures in Northern Ireland are expected to plummet dramatically near the end of the week and snow could follow.
A white Christmas means that at least 1mm of snow must have fallen on December [...]
Budget Airlines More Efficient In Respect To The Environment
Posted on: December 11th, 2009 Posted by Sharon Miller
Delegates participating at the UN Climate Change conference hosted in Copenhagen need to take a closer look at budget carriers when commenting on the impact of flights on the environment.
Indeed, it is very easy to see why low-cost airlines have a lower carbon footprint than traditional commercial carriers.
A passenger could reduce by as much as [...]
Difficult To Go Green For Travel Buyers
Posted on: December 10th, 2009 Posted by Tiffany Phillips
More than 66 percent of all travel buyers do not pay attention to environmental issues when comes the time book a trip, a flight or accommodation.
Of the total 1,400 respondents polled through the Business Travel & Meetings Show, nearly 20 percent stated that having “green” concerns was simply not a priority for them.
Furthermore, nearly 50% [...]
Airplane Vapor Trails Block Sunshine Over Britain
Posted on: December 2nd, 2009 Posted by Robert Jones
It now seems that the vapor trails that are left behind from jet aircrafts over Britain can cause clouds covering almost 20,000 square miles. This new information came in from the Met Office research. This means that these vapor trails are actually reducing sunshine in the UK by 10 percent. This is bad news for [...]
Met Office: Wettest November In History
Posted on: December 2nd, 2009 Posted by Sharon Miller
Britain just experienced the most rain-drenched month of November in recorded history as floods devastated Cumbria.
According to the Met Office, the UK’s average downpours cumulated to 217.4mm of rain, easily squashing the previous record of 193.6mm set in 1951.
The highest quantity of rains were recorded at weather stations in Shap, Cumbria, with at total 621.4mm [...]