June 21 is “Show Your Stripes” day. From billboards to face masks to the white cliffs of Dover, you may have noticed the hot streaks before. It’s an undeniable yet compelling visual representation of how temperatures have risen around the world since the Industrial Revolution.
Created by meteorological scientist, Professor Ed Hawkins, each band constitutes a year, with colours changing from cool blue to warm red to represent the temperature increases observed over the past 150 years. How can sports organizations have such a powerful image to tell the truth about climate change?
Professor Ed Hawkins, author of the stripes, is a meteorological scientist at the University of Reading in the UK. It therefore makes sense that Reading Football Club, which is part of the third tier of the English football league system, has led the way. in 2022 dresses with hot stripes. Your homemade gear bag.
At the 2024 TCS London Marathon, the warming stripes were used as a shocking image for media, runners and spectators, to highlight how much London has warmed up over the past 173 years. The stripes made the impression on a short segment of the course at Victoria Embankment and were an activation as a component of the organiser’s sustainability initiatives.
At the beginning of 2024, the Envision Racing Formula E team added the heating strips to the livery of its race car for the tenth season of the competition. Envision Racing said they exist “to motivate generations to fight climate change and transition to electric mobility. “and renewable energy. ” For Show Your Stripes Day, they encouraged enthusiasts around the world to wear their stripes in the race against weather replacement.
In the Netherlands, the fifth edition of the Climate Classic, organized through Cycling four Climate, and the first Klimaatmarathon, or Climate Marathon, organized through Running four Climate, will take place on Show Your Stripes Day 202four.
Taking climate as a mark of identification, organizers say the Climate Marathon is a metaphor for the climate crisis, a massive effort that requires patience. The Climate Classic is a bike tour from Breda to Groningen, which takes position “along the long route”. coast of the Netherlands if sea degrees continue to rise due to climate change. “The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute reports that sea degrees have already risen by 20 centimeters since 1900. There is a threat that another 2. 5 meters will be added to this in this century. “
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