Global Warming To Hinder Wi-Fi Signals, Claims UK Gov't

radioweather writes with news of a government report from the UK's Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which warns of global warming's harmful effect on Wi-Fi and other communication protocols. Quoting the Guardian: "Presenting the report, the secretary of state for the environment, Caroline Spelman, said that higher temperatures can reduce the range of wireless communications, rainstorms can impact the reliability of the signal, and drier summers and wetter winters may cause greater subsidence, damaging masts and underground cables. The threat posed by climate change to internet and telephone access is a rare example of when the developed world would be hit harder than developing countries, which are in general more at risk from increased floods, droughts and rising sea levels. 'If climate change threatens the quality of your signal, or you can't get it because of extreme fluctuations in temperature, then you will be disadvantaged, which is why we must address the question,' said Spelman, 'and just imagine in the height of an emergency if the communications system is down or adversely affected.'"

Comments

Re:Scraping the bottom of the barrel

[tripleevenfall]

Sorry, I can't hear you for all the UN-predicted climate refugees over here :)

Re:UK Government Hinders WiFi

[mrphoton]

no they are right, I just tested it out with the aid of my bath. My wi-fi router does not work under water.

GW affects WiFi in UK?

[KhabaLox]

Luckily I live in the US where the science isn't settled on Global Warming.

Re:To say nothing of the fact that

[jcr]

It will do far more damage to Tokyo, when it wakes up Godzilla.

-jcr