Glasgow Skeptics

Description: Direct measurement of global temperatures shows unambiguous warming over the industrial era, but where will they go next, and what will the consequences be? One way to assess possible futures is with numerical models: Taking systems of known equations governing the physics of the land, sea, and air, and using computers to solve them for different input conditions. But not every possible input parameter is known precisely, and much of the future will be determined by changes in public…

GDA is the largest groundswell of disabled people in Europe, with over 5,500 members across greater Glasgow. Disabled people are four times as likely to face digital exclusion – lacking the equipment, connectivity or confidence to access the internet – as non-disabled people. Digital exclusion is both a cause and an effect of poverty, isolation, barriers to information and services, and barriers to accessing opportunities. Since the pandemic began, the GDA Connects project has sourced, set up and distributed hundreds…