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Tag Archives: climate change
Weather ready, Climate smart
Weather-Ready, Climate-Smart’ is the theme for World Meteorological Day being marked around the globe today. As the UK’s national meteorological service, we’re at the forefront of weather and climate science, with wide-ranging capabilities and areas of cutting edge expertise used … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate science, climate-smart, global warming, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, National Severe Weather Warning Service, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, weather-ready, world met day, World Meteorological Day, World Meteorological Organization
UNISDR International Day for Disaster Reduction 2017
The idea behind UNISDR International Day for Disaster Reduction 2017 (IDDR 2017) (13 Oct 2017) is to raise global awareness of the work that goes on worldwide to reduce the risk of disaster faced by millions, highlighting the effective actions, … Continue reading
Looking hard at the accumulated evidence of climate change
HRH, the Prince of Wales, who has co-written the forthcoming Ladybird Expert Series Climate Change book – wrote a guest editorial in the Mail on Sunday in which he suggested a ‘focus on looking hard at the accumulated evidence’ of … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, flooding, HRH The Prince of Wales, Met Office Hadley Centre, prince charles
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A voyage to Antarctica to find yourself
Met Office meteorologist Alison Davies has been one of four UK women experiencing the journey of a lifetime to Antarctica this month, with the Homeward Bound international expedition. On her way home for Christmas, Alison took time on board her … Continue reading
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Tagged Antarctica, climate change, climate science, Homeward Bound, Met Office
Storm Desmond – one year on
Storm Desmond was the fourth named storm of the 2015/16 winter season. It brought severe gales with gusts of wind up to 81 mph together with record-breaking rainfall leading to flooding across parts of northern England. It was associated with … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, England, Environment Agency, flooding, gales, heavy rain, Met Office, rain, rainfall, record, severe weather, Storm, storms, temperature, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind, Winter
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An expert’s view on unusually warm Arctic temperatures
This year has seen some exceptionally low extents of Arctic sea ice as well as periods of much higher than usual temperatures in the region. Ed Blockley manages the Met Office Polar Climate group, whose responsibilities include monitoring the increases and … Continue reading
Immersion in science – off the grid in the Amazon
Last month I spent a week in the Amazon surrounded by gigantic lush green trees and the constant, noisy accompaniment of jungle creatures, writes Chantelle Burton – a Climate Scientist at the Met Office’s Hadley Centre. I was lucky enough … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon Rainforest, Brazil, climate change, climate science, Met Office Hadley Centre, Newton Fund
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Discussion of land ecosystem changes in the IPCC 5th Assessment Report
Climate change is a globally complex issue and there are genuine areas of uncertainty and scientific controversy. However with an increase in record temperatures, the melting of Arctic ice and a rise in CO2 there is little doubt our climate … Continue reading
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
How the moods of the changeable Pacific influences global temperatures
The warm and cool phases of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the tropical Pacific are part of the largest climatic phenomenon on earth with the greatest impact on our weather. Since mid-May 2015 until May 2016, ENSO was … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate science, El Nino, ENSO, La Niña, Met Office Hadley Centre
