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Natural variation and the influence on global temperature
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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Tagged climate change, climate science, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, La Niña, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre
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#PurpleLightUp highlighting disability and inclusion
Today (3 December) is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The Met Office is a Disability Confident Employer and is today showing its commitment towards supporting disability and inclusion in the workplace by lighting up the outside of our … Continue reading
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Tagged #PurpleLightUp, Disability, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Met Office
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Met Office science: narrowing the range of climate uncertainty
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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Tagged climate change, climate science, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, UNEP, WMO
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Invoking the oak – nature’s veteran recorder helping scientists understand the rate and scale of climate change
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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Tagged citizen science, climate change, Met Office, phenology, Woodland Trust
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Met Office science at the heart of climate assessments
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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Tagged AR6, climate change, ipcc, Met Office
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Europe needs to prepare for temperatures of 50C in future
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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Tagged Climate attribution, climate change, climate science, heatwave, Met Office, Peter Stott, World Meteorological Organization
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Bank of England applies Met Office UK climate projections in its Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenarios
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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Tagged Bank of England, climate, climate change, climate projections, flooding, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, National Severe Weather Warning Service, severe weather, UKCP, weather
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Met Office climate projections assess impact on global sports
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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Tagged BBC, climate, climate change, climate science, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, skiiing, tennis, UKCP18, Wimbledon
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Climate Data Challenge – working in partnership for innovation
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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Tagged British Red Cross, Centre for Disaster Protection, climate, climate change, climate science, Commonwealth & Development Office, Foreign, hackathon, Marine Environment Data & Information Network, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, National Oceanography Centre, National Severe Weather Warning Service, Natural Environment Research Council, Ordnance Survey, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, The James Hutton Institute, UK Climate Reslience Programme, UK GBC, UK Hydrographic Office, UKRI
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Records broken as temperate end to March offsets earlier cold spell
March 2021’s overall provisional climate statistics show a 0.9°C average temperature increase from 1981-2010 national averages for the month, as some high temperatures during the latter part of the month saw several stations break their existing records for their warmest March day. Particularly low temperatures started the month for large parts of the … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, March 2021, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, Met Office National Climate Information Centre, rainfall, record, Scotland
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