BRITAIN’S BURNING FUTURE FT. DR. MARK HARDIMAN

Dr. Mark Hardiman looks at those soaring temperatures on the Costa del Portsmouth and says climate change could soon mean long, hot summers are the norm in the UK. With this comes a greater risk of forest fires in our damp nation, so what does this mean for our future homes and lifestyles? He explains the complex history of fire ecology and our changing landscape in the UK, as well as how humans and fire have always co-existed.

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Points of Interest: 

Dr Mark Hardiman- Senior Lecturer at School of the Environment, Geography & Geosciences 

https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/mark-hardiman(bfdbb275-c88a-4373-b95b-f2878c21d851).html 

Australia Wildfires - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-50951043 

Amazon Fires - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-53262565 

Surrey - https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/ 

Maritime Climate - http://www.enviropedia.org.uk/Climate/Maritime_Climate.php 

National Environment Research Council (NERC)- https://nerc.ukri.org/ 

Mark in Solve Magazine, First issue, Pg 24-25- https://view.joomag.com/solve-magazine-issue-01-2020/0114851001589434668?short 

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