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Researchers point the way to managing climate change risks
The consequences of climate change are many and varied. However, most of them bring considerable risk to communities and ecosystems. Up until now climate scientists across the globe have largely focussed attention on those events most likely to happen, such … Continue reading
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Tagged atlantic meridional overturning circulation, climate change, climate science, Environment Agency, Ice sheet, Met Office, University College London, University of Exeter, university of reading
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No prediction for a ‘decade of washouts’
An article by Jon Ungoed-Thomas in yesterday’s Sunday Times talks about the recent spell of fine weather in contrast to an apparent “prediction” from the Met Office of a “decade of soggy summers”. This is despite the Met Office making … Continue reading
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Tagged Jonathan Ungoed-Thomas, Met Office, rowan sutton, summer, Sunday Times, university of reading, unusual seasons, washout, workshop
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Met Office in the Media: 23 June 2013
There has been further coverage in the weekend papers following a workshop held here at the Met Office HQ in Exeter on a recent run of unusual seasons in the UK. During the workshop new, early stage research by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Met Office, Tourism, university of reading, weather, weather forecasting
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Guest blog – How the Atlantic may influence wet summers
This morning there has been a lot of media coverage following a workshop held here at the Met Office HQ in Exeter on a recent run of unusual seasons in the UK. Much of this centred around recent research by … Continue reading
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Tagged amo, Atlantic, atlantic multidecadal oscillation, Jet stream, Met Office, rowan sutton, Stephen Belcher, summer, UK, university of reading, washout, wet, wet summer, wet summers
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Media coverage on ‘wet summers for a decade’
There has been a lot of media coverage today following a science workshop held at the Met Office HQ in Exeter yesterday. Most of the articles go some way to capturing the science as it was delivered in the press … Continue reading
The UK’s wet summer, the jet stream and climate change*
There’s no disputing it has been a very disappointing summer so far in 2012 – with the wettest June for over a century followed up by a very wet start to July. In fact, barring a warm and dry spell … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic sea ice, climate change, flood, flooding, Jet stream, Met Office, sea surface temperatures, summer, UK, university of reading, walker institute, washout, weather
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