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Building resilience: climate solutions for a changing world
In an era defined by environmental uncertainty, the need to fortify our communities against the impacts of climate change has never been more pressing. Climate resilience – a term often heard in discussions surrounding climate action – refers to humanity’s … Continue reading
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a changing climate
For 20 years, an array of instruments strung across the North Atlantic has been monitoring the strength of one of the largest and most important systems of ocean currents in the world. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which includes … Continue reading
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Tagged amoc, Atlantic Ocean, climate, climate change, environment, global warming, Met Office, ocean
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NEMO: a numerical ocean model
A numerical ocean model is a computer programme representing the equations of motion (momentum, conservation of mass and thermodynamics) for the ocean. The model stores each of the physical properties of the ocean (temperatures, salinities and currents) on a three-dimensional … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, climate change, environment, Met Office, National Oceanography Centre, news, ocean, science, sea ice
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One ocean, one climate
Our planet is covered in large part by water. Historically, the ocean was referred to as four oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic) or five if you included the Southern Ocean (around Antarctica). For the ocean science community, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, climate change, environment, Met Office, ocean, oceans, One ocean, Pangaea, Panthalassa
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Met Office scientists protecting our forests from pests and pathogens
Today is the United Nations International Day of Forests, and in this blog post we explore the importance of this work. The Climate and Plant Biosecurity Climate Service, funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), is … Continue reading
One in 250-year event underway high in the atmosphere.
For the first time since records began in the mid 20th century , this extended winter period (November to March) is the first in our observational records to see three Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) events. Met Office research suggests the likelihood … Continue reading
Wildlife banking on a warm spring
Today (1 March 2024) is the first day of meteorological spring. We cannot yet guarantee exactly what this spring will bring, but wildlife will be betting on another warm one, writes Grahame Madge – a Met Office climate spokesman and … Continue reading
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Tagged Biodiversity, climate change, Met Office, nature's calendar, phenology, spring, Stone-curlew, temperature, UK, weather
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The risk of wildfires in a changing climate
Fires can be a natural and positive part of the healthy functioning of many ecosystems. However, the pattern of large or unusual fires – known as wildfires – is changing, and there is scientific consensus that climate change is promoting … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, climate, climate change, global warming, sustainability, tropical forests, wildfire, wildfires
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A precautionary approach required to avoid large-scale collapse of the Amazon forest
The Amazon is a complex dynamical system with extraordinarily diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems which are home to more than 10% of Earth’s biodiversity, as well as 40 million people. It is one of the most critical elements of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Biodiversity, carbon sink, climate change, deforestation, environment, forests, Met Office, tipping points
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Is the UK winter going as forecast?
There has been much coverage of the weather in recent weeks with what has so far felt like an unusually stormy autumn and winter, followed by a spell of extremely cold weather with impacts from snow and ice for many, and … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, climate change, El Nino, science, weather
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