The Met Office will declare fewer heatwaves as England warms - this is optics over action | Eleanor Salter

The Met Office has shifted the definition to account for rising temperatures. This will only mask the crisisIn a morass of bad climate news, from collapsing ice shelves to the potential resurgence of coal in Europe, there is a sliver of good news. There could be fewer heatwaves declared in England this summer.However, this won't be due to a reversal of global heating, or a summer cool snap across Britain. Instead, the Met Office is changing the definition of a heatwave in eight counties by raising the required temperature threshold.Eleanor Salter writes about climate, culture and politics Continue reading...