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The temperate rainforests of Dartmoor
Last week, Dr Debbie Hemming, Scientific Manager of the Met Office Vegetation-Climate Interactions (VCI) group, took part in filming and podcast recording for the Sky Climate Show on the subject of temperate rainforests. Here, Debbie explains why she is so … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, dartmoor, Met Office, Temperate rainforests
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Food and farming – Delivering science to our stakeholders
Met Office science is helping UK farmers prepare for a changing climate. This work includes a number of ‘Climate Services’ which are funded by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), as well as other projects. Why do we … Continue reading
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Tagged #Get Climate Ready, agriculture, climate change, defra, Met Office
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‘Fusing’ the best of UK science to build resilience to high-impact weather events and climate change
An urgent need to understand the increasing impacts of extreme weather and climate change and how these affect society is the focus of an expanded Met Office initiative which is developing deeper partnerships with key British universities. The Met Office … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Met Office, Met Office Academic Partnership
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Monitoring and responding to sea level rise
In our recent blog post, we introduced our August climate theme of sea level rise, explored some of the different aspects, and looked at how climate change can influence sea levels at a global and regional scale. In this blog, … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Met Office, sea level rise, weather
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Get ClimateReady – What is meant by sea level rise?
This month, as part of our Get ClimateReady campaign, we will be exploring the theme of sea level rise, a topic which has been of significant interest this year. Simply put, “sea level rise” refers to the rise in the … Continue reading
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Climate study backs up Met Office research
A study published today [Friday 29 July] by World Weather Attribution supports a previous Met Office study that was published before this summer and which looked at the prospect of 40°C in the UK. The Met Office study found that … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate science, July temperature record, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, record breaking, UK heatwave
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Climate monitoring – gathering marine observations in hard-to-reach locations
Throughout July, we have been exploring the theme of climate monitoring. This is crucial as a means for gathering data which informs our understanding of the current state of our climate and enables us to make predictions about future climate … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate monitoring, Met Office, Turner Twins
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Summer 2022: a historic season for northern hemisphere heatwaves
Today [Tuesday 19 July 2022] has been a momentous day for the UK’s climate. Professor Stephen Belcher – Met Office Chief Scientist – and Prof Paul Davies – Met Office Chief Meteorologist – put the UK’s and European heatwave into … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate science, heatwave, Met Office, Professor Paul Davies, Professor Stephen Belcher, UK heatwave
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Climate monitoring through historical data
It is mid July 2022. We are currently experiencing a significant – at the time of writing provisionally record-breaking – heatwave for the UK. Red weather warnings for extreme heat are in force for large parts of England and forecasts … Continue reading
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How we make our 2050 ‘forecasts’, and why we do them
You may have seen some of our forecasts that look a little further ahead than you would usually expect. Although they use the same graphics as our normal weather forecasts, we’ve been producing theoretical ‘forecasts’ for 2050 to look at … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Met Office, UK
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