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Latest report highlights significantly low sea ice extent
The latest report on Arctic and Antarctic sea ice identifies issues at both poles. The Arctic sea extent is currently the 13th lowest on record for the time of year, while Antarctic sea ice extent remains exceptionally low, and has … Continue reading
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Tagged Antarctic, Antarctic sea ice, Arctic ice, Arctic sea ice, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre
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Antarctic sea ice hits record low
The extent of sea ice around Antarctica is at a record low for the end of June. The current Antarctic sea ice extent is over 1.3 million sq km below the next lowest recorded extent for the time of year. … Continue reading
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Tagged Antarctic sea ice, Antarctica, climate change, Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, sea ice
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The science of linking climate change to extreme weather events
“Would this heatwave or severe rainfall have happened without climate change?” This is the kind of question that policymakers and businesses are asking scientists. Climate attribution science can help us understand the answers to questions like this, as the probability … Continue reading
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Tagged #Get Climate Ready, Climate attribution, climate change, climate science, Loss and damage, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre
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What is meant by Loss and Damage?
And why are we talking about it? Perhaps one of the most noteworthy outcomes of COP27 – the UN’s climate summit held in Egypt in 2022 – was the historic decision to establish a Loss and Damage Fund. The ground-breaking … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Loss and damage, Met Office Hadley Centre
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‘Critical’ Global Stocktake counting down to help keep Paris promises
The current decade is a critical decade for climate action. What we do now will be a deciding factor in whether we can constrain global temperature rise to 1.5°C or below. The urgency is clear, but what keeps the ambition … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon budget, climate change, climate science, Global Stocktake, ipcc, Met Office Hadley Centre
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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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Looking into the future of climate modelling
The Met Office supercomputing system is one of the most powerful in the world dedicated to weather and climate. It has allowed the UK research community to produce some of the most advanced climate modelling information available, for example in … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate science, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre
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Parts of Pakistan and north-west India to endure +50C temperatures
A brutal heatwave that has enveloped parts of southern Asia since the end of April looks set to intensify, says the latest forecast from the Met Office. Nick Silkstone is a meteorologist with the Met Office’s Global Guidance Unit. He … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate science, heatwave, india, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, Pakistan, Petteri Taalas, WMO, World Meteorological Organization
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Exploring Anglian Water’s water resource extremes using novel techniques
Climate change projections show UK rainfall patterns are expected to shift, placing extra challenges on regional water companies seeking security of supply for their customers. One of the regions that could potentially be most affected is East Anglia, where much … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglian Water, climate change, climate science, Drought, East Anglia, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, rain, rainfall, weather forecasting
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Rainfall Rescue Project – bringing archived data back to life
At the Met Office National Meteorological Archive in Exeter we look after the ‘national memory of the weather’, writes Catherine Ross, the Met Office’s archivist. This archive consists of the millions of meteorological observations produced by the Met Office since … Continue reading
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Tagged archive, climate change, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, rainfall, weather
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