Simon Cooper

Right as rain: don’t blame climate change for the British weather

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issue 21 August 2021

I spend a lot of my life worrying about the climate. When you have more than 100 miles of precious chalk streams under your care, rain becomes the currency of your life. Too much in summer. Too little in winter. Or sometimes the other way around. Other times a bit of both.

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