Met Office: A review of the UK’s climate in 2020
It is no exaggeration to say that 2020 has been a dramatic and memorable year for the UK – and our weather and climate is no exception. We... Read More
Guest post: How ‘urban heat islands’ will intensify heatwaves in UK cities
The UK experienced several tropical nights during a record-breaking heatwave in August. Central London recorded a high daily minimum temperature of 2... Read More
Met Office: The UK’s record-breaking August 2020 heatwave
As the UK moves into autumn, it offers the opportunity to look back at the pronounced, record-breaking heatwave that hit the southeast of the country... Read More
Risk of 40C heat in the UK ‘rapidly increasing’, says Met Office
The chances of anywhere in the UK hitting 40C – a temperature not yet recorded in the country – are likely to increase rapidly in the coming... Read More
Warm spring worsened Europe’s extreme 2018 summer drought, study says
Europe’s extreme 2018 summer drought was worsened by an unusually warm and sunny spring in the same year, a new study finds. Sunny weather in th... Read More
Guest post: A Met Office review of the UK’s weather in 2019
Last year was warmer, wetter and sunnier than average for most of the UK, and finished as the 11th warmest, 11th wettest, and 15th sunniest year on r... Read More
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 variab... 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. At the Science Museum on Monday, env... 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 floo... 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. The British swallowtail, which is a subspecies known ... Read More
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