The Guardian - 21.08.2019

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• The Guardian Wednesday 21 Au g u st 2019

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UK and Ireland Noon today Forecast A round the U K
Atlantic front Plantwatch Around the world
Some of the last refuges of our
wildfl ower meadows are squeezed
into roadside verges. Since the
1930s, 97% of the UK’s wildfl ower
meadows have been destroyed, but
road verges have become important
homes to more than 700 species of
wild plants, more than any other
part of the landscape. About 12% of
these species are at risk of extinction
or are suff ering falling numbers. A
good example is the last native fen
ragwort that grows near a burger
van, surrounded by rubbish on the
A142 near Ely, Cambridgeshire.
But most verges are so heavily
mowed, or mowed so early in the
season, that the wild plants are
wiped out. And on one day this April,
17,000 orchids were inadvertently
cut down on a roadside verge in
Kent, even though it was a protected
roadside nature reserve.
The charity Plantlife has been
asking councils to manage their road
verges into wildfl ower meadows by
cutting just once, in late summer, to
give fl owers time to be pollinated,
produce fruit and drop their seeds,
allowing the plants to grow back.
This can also help save the councils
money. Rotherham borough council,
for example, has established
8 miles of meadows alongside a
motorway, saving £23,000 a year on
mowing costs. Paul Simons
Sunny intervals
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owers
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mph
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Tomorrow
Friday
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Algiers 31
Ams’dam 21
Athens 32
Auckland 13
B Aires 12
Bangkok 32
Barcelona 27
Basra 48
Beijing 31
Berlin 23
Bermuda 29
Brussels 21
Budapest 30
C’hagen 19
Cairo 35
Cape Town 27
Chicago 28
Corfu 32
Dakar 31
Dhaka 33
Dublin 17
Florence 36
Gibraltar 26
H Kong 32
Harare 20
Helsinki 20
Istanbul 29
Jo’burg 20
K Lumpur 31
K’mandu 30
Kabul 33
Kingston 32
Kolkata 32
L Angeles 30
Lagos 29
Lima 18
Lisbon 30
Madrid 30
Malaga 29
Melb’rne 16
Mexico C 23
Miami 32
Milan 32
Mombasa 28
Moscow 24
Mumbai 30
N Orleans 31
Nairobi 23
New Delhi 35
New York 30
Oslo 19
Paris 23
Perth 23
Prague 20
Reykjavik 17
Rio de J 22
Rome 29
Shanghai 33
Singapore 32
Stockh’m 19
Strasb’g 25
Sydney 20
Tel Aviv 31
Tenerife 25
Tokyo 31
Toronto 28
Vancouv’r 20
Vienna 23
Warsaw 21
Wash’ton 33
Well’ton 12
Zurich 21
Lows and highs Precipitation Air pollution
Sun &
Moon
High tides Lighting
up
Sun rises 0554
Sun sets 2011
Moon rises 2241
Moon sets 1151
Last Quarter 23 Aug
Forecasts and
graphics provided by
AccuWeather ©2019
Belfast 2044 to 0613
Birm’ham 2020 to 0601
Brighton 2010 to 0558
Bristol 2022 to 0607
Carlisle 2031 to 0558
Cork 2046 to 0629
Dublin 2041 to 0616
Glasgow 2041 to 0602
Harlech 2031 to 0609
Inverness 2044 to 0555
London 2011 to 0556
M’chester 2025 to 0601
Newcastle 2027 to 0554
Norwich 2009 to 0548
Penzance 2030 to 0621
Source: © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Times are BST
Aberdeen 0521 4.0m 1758 3.7m
Avonmouth 1116 11.5m 2330 11.5m
Barrow 0319 8.5m 1542 8.1m
Belfast 0301 3.4m 1538 3.1m
Cobh 0935 3.7m 2156 3.8m
Cromer 1020 4.8m 2308 4.3m
Dover 0247 6.1m 1503 6.3m
Dublin 0336 3.8m 1607 3.6m
Galway 0934 4.4m 2146 4.4m
Greenock 0428 3.4m 1653 3.2m
Harwich 0351 3.7m 1557 3.8m
Holyhead 0217 5.2m 1438 4.9m
Hull 1023 7.0m 2247 6.5m
Leith 0645 5.1m 1917 4.9m
Liverpool 0300 8.6m 1517 8.2m
London Bridge 0556 6.6m 1809 6.6m
Lossiemouth 0344 3.8m 1618 3.5m
Milford Haven 1017 6.1m 2237 6.1m
Newquay 0910 6.2m 2131 6.2m
North Shields 0728 4.7m 2001 4.4m
Oban 0939 3.4m 2204 3.5m
Penzance 0842 4.9m 2101 4.9m
Plymouth 0956 4.8m 2202 4.9m
Portsmouth 0322 4.3m 1555 4.3m
Southport 0220 8.3m 1437 7.9m
Stornoway 1056 4.0m 2316 4.2m
Weymouth 1040 1.6m 2252 1.6m
Whitby 0801 5.2m 2033 4.9m
Wick 0314 3.2m 1546 2.9m
Workington 0326 7.7m 1545 7.3m
Carbon
count
Daily atmospheric CO 2
readings from Mauna Loa,
Hawaii (ppm):
Latest
19 Aug 2019 410.28
Weekly average
11 Aug 2019 410.24
20 Aug 2018 407.07
20 Aug 2009 385.95
Pre-industrial base 280
Safe level 350
Source: NOAA-ESRL
London
13 22
Manchester
14 20
Edinburgh
11 19
Belfast
10 17
Birmingham
14 21
Brighton
14 20
Bristol
12 20
Cardiff
14 19
Newcastle
11 19
Penzance
15 18
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5%
Low
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