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 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. Weather Dark Lightning 15 June 2015 This ‘dark opponent’ discharges from storm clouds and flings antimatter into space. Astrophysicists and meteorologists are now trying to understand what they have termed ‘dark lightning’. 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 In the Spotlight Sunlight reduces risk of arthritis 28 February 2013 Regular exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UV-B), may reduce the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. In the Spotlight Intercepting Typhoon Songda 02 June 2011 Typhoon hunter James Reynolds takes an extraordinary journey into the path of Typhoon Songda on the small island of Miyakojima in Japan on 28th May 2011
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 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.
Weather Dark Lightning 15 June 2015 This ‘dark opponent’ discharges from storm clouds and flings antimatter into space. Astrophysicists and meteorologists are now trying to understand what they have termed ‘dark lightning’.
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.
In the Spotlight Sunlight reduces risk of arthritis 28 February 2013 Regular exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UV-B), may reduce the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.
In the Spotlight Intercepting Typhoon Songda 02 June 2011 Typhoon hunter James Reynolds takes an extraordinary journey into the path of Typhoon Songda on the small island of Miyakojima in Japan on 28th May 2011