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. Climate El Niño 20 July 2014 The name El Niño, Spanish for ‘child’ or ‘the Christ child’, was first used by fishermen along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru to refer to a warm ocean current that typically appears around Christmastime and lasts for several months Weather What are noctilucent clouds? 28 April 2014 Noctilucent clouds are very fine, wispy formations made out of ice crystals that occur high up in the mesosphere (50-53 miles) and are the highest clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere. Climate Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation 12 April 2014 Weather Ball Lightning 01 August 2013 What is this strange phenomenon? Weather Winter Hazards 18 January 2012 The shortest day may have passed, but although summer is on the way, the coldest months on average are still to come In the Spotlight Terror in the mud: Tania Salmen on a mountain expedition that took a slippery turn 05 August 2010 A mountain expedition that took a slippery turn Weather Behind the folklore: red sky at night: Is red sky delightful for shepherds? 16 July 2010 Is red sky delightful for shepherds?
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.
Climate El Niño 20 July 2014 The name El Niño, Spanish for ‘child’ or ‘the Christ child’, was first used by fishermen along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru to refer to a warm ocean current that typically appears around Christmastime and lasts for several months
Weather What are noctilucent clouds? 28 April 2014 Noctilucent clouds are very fine, wispy formations made out of ice crystals that occur high up in the mesosphere (50-53 miles) and are the highest clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Weather Winter Hazards 18 January 2012 The shortest day may have passed, but although summer is on the way, the coldest months on average are still to come
In the Spotlight Terror in the mud: Tania Salmen on a mountain expedition that took a slippery turn 05 August 2010 A mountain expedition that took a slippery turn
Weather Behind the folklore: red sky at night: Is red sky delightful for shepherds? 16 July 2010 Is red sky delightful for shepherds?