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  What the collapse of Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier could mean for the world ... ANTARTICA - The massive Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by 65cm if it were to completely collapse. And, worryingly, recent research suggests that its long-term stability is doubtful as the glacier haemorrhages more and more ice. Adding 65cm to global sea levels would have a significant coastline-changing impact. For context, since 1900 there’s been an approximate 20cm rise in sea-levels, an amount that is already forcing some coastal communities out of their homes and exacerbating environmental problems such as flooding, saltwater contamination and habitat loss. But the worry is that Thwaites, sometimes called the “doomsday glacier” because of its key role in the region, might not be the only glacier to go. Were it to empty into the ocean, it could trigger a regional chain reaction and drag other nearby glaciers in with it, which would mean seve...

  The soap-opera about the redecoration of the flat at No.10 Downing Street and all the glamour that has bring with it is finally over ... LONDON - Boris Johnson is set to be cleared of breaking the ministerial code by an internal Whitehall inquiry into a loan to redecorate his Downing Street residence but his conduct will be 'criticised', according to senior officials.   [The Financial Times]

    If nobody will thinking that there is a pandemic going on, then, it will not exist accord to the quantum physics by Professor Boris Johnson ...  LONDON - Unfortunately, for us, in this dimension the things does not works like that and that means, at present, Omicron (which is the new and latest variant of the Coronavirus: Covid-19-Sars-2) , does spreading very fast by doubling every two days by inflated and growing the number of the infection in the community. Plus, if all that was enough of a national emergency, the spread so fast of this new variant is affecting all the public sectors as many of the staff are themselves infected with the Covid and consequently in isolation and not at work.  All that is of a great concern from the scientific background, with virologists screaming to be careful and trying to avoid crowdies places and to avoid parties, well, does not seems that will happen in England where parties going on with or without Omicron or any ot...

Now Christmas is over, how bad is the Omicron situation in the UK? LONDON - Public holidays are notoriously difficult for epidemiologists – people may avoid or delay both testing and hospital visits, making for slightly unreliable numbers. But some things are still clear from the latest Covid data released by the government. Omicron is now responsible for more than 90% of all new infections in England (the other three nations haven’t published a full set of data yet), meaning that its particular effects are now driving the pandemic and its rate of growth versus earlierNow Christmas is over, how bad is the Omicron situation in the UK? this month appears to have slowed considerably. It is barely three weeks ago that Omicron infections were more than doubling every two days. If that rate of increase had continued we would be close to 1 million infections per day by now. Even the Christmas holiday cannot explain the difference between that estimate and the most recent reported infecti...

  How twin pressures of Brexit and raw material shortage damaged gross domestic product ... LONDON - If the newly revised-down figures for Britain’s economic performance in the third quarter show anything, it is that consumers played the starring role in the recovery while the industrial sector struggled under the twin pressures of Brexit and global raw material shortages. This should not come as a surprise. Ever since 2016’s narrow vote to quit the EU, businesses, and especially manufacturers, have failed to move out of second gear. Disruptions to supply chains come and go – remember the chaos caused by Donald Trump’s trade battles with China – while Brexit is ever present. Trade figures show a 8.8% fall in goods exports from July to the end of September, at a time when global trade was booming as Coronavirus restrictions had eased. France, which has a similarly sized economy to the UK’s, was also experiencing supply chain issues holding back manufacturing. But the lack of ...