Tag Archives: climate change

Climate change forcing species on the move

Posted on 3 March, 2022 by Met Office Press Office

This week, the IPCC published a landmark report looking at the impacts of climate change, including on biodiversity. The report expresses with high confidence that in Europe one of the key climate change impacts on wildlife will be shifts in … Continue reading →

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Natural variation and the influence on global temperature

Posted on 20 January, 2022 by Met Office Press Office

2021 was another warm year globally – consistent with ongoing warming from greenhouse gases. The global average surface temperature in 2021 was 0.76 ± 0.04 °C above the 1961-1990 average according to the Met Office and University of East Anglia’s … Continue reading →

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Met Office science: narrowing the range of climate uncertainty

Posted on 16 September, 2021 by Met Office Press Office

The United Nations has today (Thursday 16 September, 2021) published a synthesis report on the perils of climate change and the need for urgent climate action. The report features hard-hitting forewords from both Antonio Guterres – Secretary-General of the United … Continue reading →

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Invoking the oak – nature’s veteran recorder helping scientists understand the rate and scale of climate change

Posted on 25 August, 2021 by Met Office Press Office

Ancient oak trees – individuals more than 400 years old – extend back into the deep and dark recesses of history. During that time, these senior trees will have been surrounded by huge fluctuations in climate; to say nothing of … Continue reading →

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Met Office science at the heart of climate assessments

Posted on 17 August, 2021 by Met Office Press Office

The Met Office Hadley Centre – which celebrated its 30th anniversary last year – has a long and proud history of working and supporting the IPCC. Indeed, one of the foremost scientists who propelled the IPCC, serving as co-chair and … Continue reading →

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Europe needs to prepare for temperatures of 50C in future

Posted on 12 August, 2021 by Met Office Press Office

Syracuse, in Sicily, has provisionally exceeded the previous European highest temperature with a record of 48.8°C yesterday. If the record is confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization, this temperature will break the previous record of 48.0°C in Athens in 1977. … Continue reading →

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Bank of England applies Met Office UK climate projections in its Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenarios

Posted on 8 June, 2021 by Met Office Press Office

More extreme heatwaves, droughts, drier summers, wetter winters and rising sea levels are all consequences of climate change which each UK citizen will have to continue to endure. It is easier to contemplate the increasing impacts of climate change on … Continue reading →

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Met Office climate projections assess impact on global sports

Posted on 19 May, 2021 by Met Office Press Office

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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Climate Data Challenge – working in partnership for innovation

Posted on 2 April, 2021 by Met Office Press Office

As Governments, organisations and individuals around the world seek to tackle the challenges of climate change, creativity and innovation are key to finding ways to improve our resilience to weather and climate. Our scientists work at the forefront of global … Continue reading →

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Atmospheric carbon dioxide passing ‘gloomy’ milestone

Posted on 16 March, 2021 by Met Office Press Office

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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