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? Citizen Science A newly discovered atmospheric optical phenomenon called... Steve 27 April 2017 Aurora watchers in Alberta, Canada noticed the ribbon or streak of purple light in the night sky but nobody knew exactly what it was. Climate Scientists test reefs to counter climate change 27 March 2017 Heatwaves, extreme storms and polar ice losses are often discussed as examples of the effects of climate change. ‘Hidden’ impacts occurring in the ocean may go overlooked, yet they can be some of the most disastrous. In the Spotlight Abrupt climate change: North Atlantic could cool sooner and faster than predicted 27 March 2017 Residents of north-west Europe currently enjoy a climate that is around 5°C warmer than other regions of the same latitude thanks to the Gulf Stream which carries warmth from Florida to European shores. Climate WMO release State of Global Climate in 2016 report - multiple records broken 21 March 2017 The WMO have today released their State of Global Climate in 2016 report, detailing a record global temperature, exceptionally low sea ice, continued sea level rise and increasing ocean temperatures, with extreme weather and climate continuing into 2017. Climate 2016 Hottest Year on Record 18 January 2017 WO and Met Office analyses shows 2016 was the hottest on record 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 Climate Why has it been such a pretty autumn? 10 November 2016 Photographs and reports from this year show a particularly beautiful season in the UK, but why has it been just so spectacular? Climate Olympic Ceremony features UK scientist's climate spiral 08 August 2016 If you watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics, a segment discussing climate change featured a somewhat familiar spiral...
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?
Citizen Science A newly discovered atmospheric optical phenomenon called... Steve 27 April 2017 Aurora watchers in Alberta, Canada noticed the ribbon or streak of purple light in the night sky but nobody knew exactly what it was.
Climate Scientists test reefs to counter climate change 27 March 2017 Heatwaves, extreme storms and polar ice losses are often discussed as examples of the effects of climate change. ‘Hidden’ impacts occurring in the ocean may go overlooked, yet they can be some of the most disastrous.
In the Spotlight Abrupt climate change: North Atlantic could cool sooner and faster than predicted 27 March 2017 Residents of north-west Europe currently enjoy a climate that is around 5°C warmer than other regions of the same latitude thanks to the Gulf Stream which carries warmth from Florida to European shores.
Climate WMO release State of Global Climate in 2016 report - multiple records broken 21 March 2017 The WMO have today released their State of Global Climate in 2016 report, detailing a record global temperature, exceptionally low sea ice, continued sea level rise and increasing ocean temperatures, with extreme weather and climate continuing into 2017.
Climate 2016 Hottest Year on Record 18 January 2017 WO and Met Office analyses shows 2016 was the hottest on record
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
Climate Why has it been such a pretty autumn? 10 November 2016 Photographs and reports from this year show a particularly beautiful season in the UK, but why has it been just so spectacular?
Climate Olympic Ceremony features UK scientist's climate spiral 08 August 2016 If you watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics, a segment discussing climate change featured a somewhat familiar spiral...