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Image 1: Insolation variability with latitude  (Image credit: Peter Halasz ‘Oblique rays’ (via wikicommons))
Climate
Global Atmospheric Circulation
04 August 2020

The weather we get on earth is driven by the sun’s energy; the atmosphere is heated by the sun and spun by the rotation of the earth.

Ozone hole
Climate
Unusual Arctic Ozone Hole Develops
19 March 2020

A large area of ozone depletion has taken place over the Arctic.

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Climate
Atmospheric Rivers and Flooding
26 February 2020

An immediate evacuation is taking place in Ironbridge, Shropshire today, as concerns rise that the temporary barriers of the River Severn are buckling under the force of the water.

High Pressure over the UK
Weather
High Pressure, Poor TV Reception and Viking Colonisation
22 January 2020

Despite the current quiet weather conditions, people have been complaining about their TV reception. The internet is awash with people grumbling that their Freeview picture is freezing, breaking up, or in some cases, not working at all.

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Climate
RMetS Podcast: El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Interview with Adam Scaife
08 June 2018

Episode 8 - El Niño: Interview with Adam Scaife

Aeroplane
In the Spotlight
Climate change to increase clear-air turbulence threefold
01 December 2017

Climate change isn’t just something that is occurring at ground level, but also high up into the atmosphere – and it will have significant impacts on air travel.

cloud question mark
In the Spotlight
Why does pressure fall off more slowly in warm air than cold air?
20 June 2017

There are two questions here. The first is does pressure fall off more slowly in warm air than cold air?

Cloud question mark
In the Spotlight
The jet stream: chicken or egg?
19 June 2017

Does the position of the warm and cold upper air masses determine the route of the jet stream, or does the jet stream determine the position of the cold and warm upper air masses? Which is the chicken and which the egg?

Giant Saturn hanging in the blackness
In the Spotlight
Wind speeds in Saturn's jet stream whizz round at over 1,000mph
11 November 2016

New research has revealed the planet has the widest, most intense jet stream out of all the planets in the solar system

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