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Weather Digitised International Cloud Atlas launched on World Meteorological Day 23 March 2017 On 23rd March 2017 - World Meteorological Day - the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released its new, online, digitised International Cloud Atlas, which is the global reference for observing and identifying clouds.
Weather Mysterious lightning 30 November 2016 Sprites, elves and blue jets are more than just mythical creatures but a type of weather
Weather New weather satellite successfully launched into orbit 21 November 2016 The GOES-R satellite will provide improved imagery of earth to help meteorologists better predict severe weather
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.
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...
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.