Tag Archives: Met Office Hadley Centre

Life and death and community: farming and the 1947 winter

Posted on 24 February, 2017 by

At times the weather can be challenging for everyone, but farmers are always on the front line. That was certainly the case 70 years ago in 1947 with the coldest February on record going back to 1910. In a guest … Continue reading →

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Another El Niño on the way?

Posted on 16 February, 2017 by

In the waters of the far-eastern equatorial Pacific – close to the South American coast – sea-surface temperatures are beginning to rise, prompting some climate scientists to believe the world could be heading for another El Niño in close succession … Continue reading →

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Looking hard at the accumulated evidence of climate change

Posted on 24 January, 2017 by

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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The challenge of taking the temperature of the world’s oceans

Posted on 5 January, 2017 by

Sea-surface temperature measurements are an essential component in the production of the average global temperature figures. Without data from the oceans we wouldn’t see 70 per cent of the world’s surface and we would get an unrepresentative picture of global … Continue reading →

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Exeter atmospheric scientist wins prestigious award

Posted on 4 November, 2016 by

Adam Scaife, one of our leading scientists and honorary visiting professor at University of Exeter, has been awarded the American Geophysical Union’s ASCENT award for research and leadership in atmospheric science.  The award recognises Adam who heads the Met Office’s … Continue reading →

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Immersion in science – off the grid in the Amazon

Posted on 2 November, 2016 by

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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Discussion of land ecosystem changes in the IPCC 5th Assessment Report

Posted on 20 October, 2016 by

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 →

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Hurricane and tropical storm update

Posted on 5 October, 2016 by

Hurricane Matthew Hurricane Matthew made landfall over the south-west of Haiti yesterday as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with sustained winds near 145 mph. It was the strongest hurricane to make landfall over Haiti since … Continue reading →

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A tour of global meteorology in 50, 30-second topics

Posted on 12 August, 2016 by

Every day there will be an article published somewhere in the world about life-threatening weather or a changing global climate. We’re not short of news content, occasionally spiced with a liberal dose of hyperbole. However, until now there have been … Continue reading →

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How the moods of the changeable Pacific influences global temperatures

Posted on 15 June, 2016 by

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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