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Weather Rare sighting of sinusoidal thin contrails 07 April 2016 The Royal Meteorological Soceity received these photographs this week, sent in from Tofino, on the west of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, asking for an explanation of how they are formed.
Climate Stormy UK Winter 2013 - 2014 most 'energetic' on record 17 March 2016 Research has found that the winter of 2013/2014 was ‘the stormiest UK winter on record’. It was the most energetic winter along the Atlantic coast of Europe in 65 years, with widespread wind damage, flooding and coastal erosion.
Climate Largest ever spike in CO2 emissions 16 March 2016 Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations grew at their fastest level in 2015, increasing by 3.05 parts per million (ppm) compared with the previous year.
Weather Nacreous clouds 03 February 2016 Several rare sightings of nacreous clouds have been reported over the last few days, delighting cloudspotters, with photographs of the clouds coming from England and Scotland.