Tag Archives: climate

Building resilience: climate solutions for a changing world

Posted on 9 May, 2024 by Met Office Press Office

In an era defined by environmental uncertainty, the need to fortify our communities against the impacts of climate change has never been more pressing. Climate resilience – a term often heard in discussions surrounding climate action – refers to humanity’s … Continue reading →

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The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a changing climate 

Posted on 2 May, 2024 by Met Office Press Office

For 20 years, an array of instruments strung across the North Atlantic has been monitoring the strength of one of the largest and most important systems of ocean currents in the world.   The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which includes … Continue reading →

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A wet and dull April

Posted on 1 May, 2024 by Met Office Press Office

It will be no surprise for many to hear that April 2024 has been a wet month. In what has felt like an unsettled spring so far, the UK has had its sixth wettest April since the series began in … Continue reading →

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NEMO: a numerical ocean model

Posted on 12 April, 2024 by Met Office Press Office

A numerical ocean model is a computer programme representing the equations of motion (momentum, conservation of mass and thermodynamics) for the ocean. The model stores each of the physical properties of the ocean (temperatures, salinities and currents) on a three-dimensional … Continue reading →

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One ocean, one climate 

Posted on 3 April, 2024 by Met Office Press Office

Our planet is covered in large part by water. Historically, the ocean was referred to as four oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic) or five if you included the Southern Ocean (around Antarctica).   For the ocean science community, it is … Continue reading →

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One in 250-year event underway high in the atmosphere.

Posted on 6 March, 2024 by Met Office Press Office

For the first time since records began in the mid 20th century , this extended winter period (November to March) is the first in our observational records to see three Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) events. Met Office research suggests the likelihood … Continue reading →

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The risk of wildfires in a changing climate 

Posted on 1 March, 2024 by Met Office Press Office

Fires can be a natural and positive part of the healthy functioning of many ecosystems. However, the pattern of large or unusual fires – known as wildfires – is changing, and there is scientific consensus that climate change is promoting … Continue reading →

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Is the UK winter going as forecast?

Posted on 29 January, 2024 by Met Office Press Office

There has been much coverage of the weather in recent weeks with what has so far felt like an unusually stormy autumn and winter, followed by a spell of extremely cold weather with impacts from snow and ice for many, and … Continue reading →

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How is the winter weather shaping up?

Posted on 19 December, 2023 by Met Office Press Office

As we head towards Christmas there is, as always, a great deal of media and public speculation about what weather we might have in store for the festive season as well as the rest of winter. Starting with Christmas and … Continue reading →

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The role for Met Office in Net Zero

Posted on 3 May, 2022 by Met Office Press Office

What does Net Zero mean for the Met Office and where can our world-leading science and capability help? The UK has pledged to become Net Zero by 2050. That means that the UK’s emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere … Continue reading →

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