Risk of 40C heat in the UK ‘rapidly increasing’, says Met Office
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Warm spring worsened Europe’s extreme 2018 summer drought, study says
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Guest post: A Met Office review of the UK’s weather in 2019
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Northern hemisphere’s extreme heatwave in 2018 ‘impossible’ without climate change
Last summer’s unprecedented northern-hemisphere heatwave “could not have occurred without human-induced climate change”, a new study concludes. ... Read More
Guest post: A Met Office review of the UK’s weather in 2018
Dr Mark McCarthy is science manager of the Met Office National Climate Information Centre, which provides monitoring and analysis of UK climate... Read More
In-depth Q&A: The UK Climate Projections 2018
Update: The article was updated on 17/09/2019 to include the new 2.2km local data published in September 2019. ... Read More
In-depth: How the UK plans to adapt to climate change
The UK government last week published its updated strategy for tackling the impacts of climate change, including higher temperatures, drought and... Read More
UK's largest butterfly could 'be lost' due to climate change
A rare butterfly could go extinct in the UK as a result of climate change, research suggests. ... Read More
Explainer: The polar vortex, climate change and the ‘Beast from the East’
While much of Europe is shivering in subzero temperatures, the Arctic and eastern US have basked in unseasonably warm conditions in recent weeks. ... Read More
Shifting storms under climate change could bring wilder winters to the UK
The UK could face harsher and more frequent winter storms if global greenhouse gas emissions aren’t curbed, a new study says. ... Read More
House of Lords energy report slammed as 'confused' and 'misleading'
The UK's energy policy is beset by a series of failures, according to a new report from the House of Lords economic affairs committee. ... Read More
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