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In the Spotlight 2017: the warmest year on record without an El Niño 18 January 2018 Confirmation that 2017 was the warmest year without an El Niño boost has come from the Met Office Hadley Centre and UEA.
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.
Weather Elvis is alive and well and in Porthcawl 26 September 2017 At the weekend I was in Porthcawl in Wales at an Elvis festival.
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?
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?
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 What is the autumn equinox? 22 September 2016 As you have very likely noticed, the sun is setting earlier and the nights are getting longer, marked officially by the autumn equinox. Find out when it is and what the equilux is too.
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