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Met Office climate projections assess impact on global sports
Climate change is affecting every dimension of society. From the food production of the food we eat and the water we drink, and from how we earn our livelihoods to how we spend our leisure time. And climate projections – … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, climate, climate change, climate science, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, skiiing, tennis, UKCP18, Wimbledon
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My career in climate
Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of and potential solutions to climate change in a new BBC Documentary (broadcast 9pm Thurs 18 April 2019). Met Office climate scientist Professor Peter Stott appears in the programme and also supported the … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, climate, climate change, climate science, extreme weather, global temperature, Met Office Hadley Centre, statistics, temperature
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BBC and Met Office: an enduring partnership
Today the BBC has stopped taking most of its weather information from the Met Office, here Phil Evans, our Chief Operating Officer gives his perspective You will know us as the UK’s National Weather Service and also as the people … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Channel 5, Forecasts, ITV, Met Office, Met Office Space Weather Centre, S4C, severe weather warnings, space weather, STV, Supercomputer, UTV, Weather presenters
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Met Office in the News – BBC weather service update
You may have seen reports in the media that the Met Office has signed a new contract with the BBC to supply their weather services until March 2018. It’s been pleasing to see the public support and response to this, … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Channel 5, Instagram, ITV, Met Office, S4C, Sky, Snapchat, Social media, STV, weather forecasts, weather warnings
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Met Office in the news – BBC weather contract
We’ve known for a year that our long-standing relationship with the BBC is going to change and we have been working hard to make sure everyone can access our forecast and warnings on a range of channels – via our … Continue reading
A look back at this week’s news
The Met Office has been in the news again this week, with our contracts for broadcast weather services generating a huge amount of column inches and public reaction. It’s certainly been heartening to see and hear the level of public … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, apps, BBC, broadcasting, Facebook, iPhone, Met Office, Social media, tv, Twitter, weather forecast
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Met Office in the news – BBC weather contract
You may have seen reports in the media today that the Met Office won’t be the BBCs main weather provider when the current contract ends. Obviously everyone at the Met Office is disappointed that we won’t be supplying weather presenters … Continue reading
Iconic British gardeners meet Met Office scientists
Devon’s gardeners have had some of their horticultural problems answered thanks to a visit from the iconic BBC Radio 4 Gardeners Question Time team to the Met Office. The show, in front of a 200 strong audience, was lead by … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Swithenbank, BBC, Bunny Guinness, Devon, garden, gardeners question time, horticulture, peter gibbs, Pippa Greenwood
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Is Arctic sea ice shrinking or expanding?
The decline of Arctic sea ice is often pointed to as one of the most visible indicators of a warming world but earlier this week the Mail on Sunday published an article claiming the ice is in recovery. This was … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic, BBC, cryosat, decline, extent, Mail on Sunday, Met Office, recovery, sea ice, volume
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Met Office continues to drive forward research on long-range forecasting
The BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ Programme have run a story this morning regarding the advice the Met Office gave to our government customers ahead of the exceptionally wet weather of April to June 2012. This was an extreme period of weather … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, forecasting, long-range outlook, Madden Julian Oscillation, Met Office, MJO, Radio Four, seasonal forecasts, Today, weather
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