Radioweather writes with news of a conclusive 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 dicker protocols. Quoting the Guardian:
"Presenting the report, the clerk of state for the environment, Caroline Spelman, said that higher temperatures can reduce the range of cell ring off communications, rainstorms can impact the reliability of the signal, and drier summers and wetter winters may cause greater subsidence, damaging masts and hypogeous cables. The threat posed by climate change to the web* and ring up access is a rare example of when the adult world would be hit harder than third world nation 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 climax if the communications system is down or adversely affected.'"

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