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Monthly Archives: March 2021
What kind of temperature swings are ‘normal’ in UK spring?
With forecasters predicting a marked shift in temperatures in the coming days, here we take a look at how commonplace temperature fluctuations are during a typical UK spring. It’s certainly not uncommon for spring in the UK to see big … Continue reading
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Tagged Met Office, Met Office National Climate Information Centre, National Sheep Association, RHS, snow, spring, temperature, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide passing ‘gloomy’ milestone
This year the climate is passing a gloomy threshold. The concentration of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere is reaching 417 parts per million: an increase of 50 per cent since humans embarked on the industrial revolution and began to emit greenhouse … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate science, CO2, hawaii, Mauna Loa, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, Richard Betts
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Did the weather fuel climate-changing forest fires in the Amazon in 2019?
In 2019 there was a sudden spike in Amazon fires that captured the world’s media attention. Between them the blazes destroyed 906,000 hectares of rainforest – an area larger than the island of Corsica. The thousands of fires produced around … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon Rainforest, climate, climate change, IUCN, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, pied tamarin, rainforest, UKCEH, wildfire
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Scottish Flood Forecasting Service marks 10th Anniversary
The Scottish Flood Forecasting Service (SFFS) is today (Tuesday 9 March) marking a decade of supporting Scotland’s preparedness and response to flooding. Staffed around the clock 365 days a year, the service has been combining hydrological and meteorological data to … Continue reading
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Tagged Centre of Expertise for Waters, climate change, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, rainfall, Royal Meteorological Society, Scotland, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Flood Forecasting Service, Scottish Flood Forum, SEPA, severe weather, SFFS, weather
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