Weather 65 years since the Great Smog 05 December 2017 In December 1952 a smog event occurred that was so thick and toxic it left thousands dead in London and caused transport chaos Climate Mount Agung and its potential global impacts 29 November 2017 Since mid-November, Mount Agung on the Indonesian Island of Bali has been emitting steam and ash, lava is visible in the crater and rivers of mud have been flowing down its sides. In the Spotlight 2017 Hurricanes and Aerosols Simulation 15 November 2017 NASA have produced a very impressive visualisation showing aerosols and hurricanes Climate Greenhouse gas concentrations hit new record 31 October 2017 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have released their annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. Weather Colossal hailstorm in Argentina 30 October 2017 Five feet of hail and rainfall was deposited in minutes in the province of Cordoba in central Argentina on 26th October. In the Spotlight WMO: 2017 records 30 October 2017 WMO's provisional State of the Climate report shows how the heat was turned up in 2017. In the Spotlight World records for extreme weather-related mortality 26 June 2017 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recently announced the world record for the highest reported historical death tolls from tropical cyclones, tornadoes, lightning and hailstorms. In the Spotlight Spinning up enthusiasm for meteorology 27 March 2017 There is very little that is certain about climate change and tornadoes. In the Spotlight Let’s twist again like we did last summer 27 March 2017 In a talk I was giving last week on the physics of thunderstorms, to a joint meeting of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Engineering and Technology, I could not resist mentioning tornadoes.
Weather 65 years since the Great Smog 05 December 2017 In December 1952 a smog event occurred that was so thick and toxic it left thousands dead in London and caused transport chaos
Climate Mount Agung and its potential global impacts 29 November 2017 Since mid-November, Mount Agung on the Indonesian Island of Bali has been emitting steam and ash, lava is visible in the crater and rivers of mud have been flowing down its sides.
In the Spotlight 2017 Hurricanes and Aerosols Simulation 15 November 2017 NASA have produced a very impressive visualisation showing aerosols and hurricanes
Climate Greenhouse gas concentrations hit new record 31 October 2017 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have released their annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin.
Weather Colossal hailstorm in Argentina 30 October 2017 Five feet of hail and rainfall was deposited in minutes in the province of Cordoba in central Argentina on 26th October.
In the Spotlight WMO: 2017 records 30 October 2017 WMO's provisional State of the Climate report shows how the heat was turned up in 2017.
In the Spotlight World records for extreme weather-related mortality 26 June 2017 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recently announced the world record for the highest reported historical death tolls from tropical cyclones, tornadoes, lightning and hailstorms.
In the Spotlight Spinning up enthusiasm for meteorology 27 March 2017 There is very little that is certain about climate change and tornadoes.
In the Spotlight Let’s twist again like we did last summer 27 March 2017 In a talk I was giving last week on the physics of thunderstorms, to a joint meeting of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Engineering and Technology, I could not resist mentioning tornadoes.