Weather
We Brits love to talk about the weather. And rightly so - we get so much of it! Warm air carried over from Africa brings heatwaves, and cold air destined for Scandinavia results in a sudden freeze. The Sun's warmth heating air over the sea brings wind. But most of all, Britain gets rain. With climate change, though, this could all be different in a few decades. Changing weather patterns make drastic events like heatwaves more likely. Britain's weather is forecasted to get hotter and drier as the global temperature creeps upwards.
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