Climate 2016 Hottest Year on Record 18 January 2017 WO and Met Office analyses shows 2016 was the hottest on record 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 Recalling the 1976 drought: 40 years on 21 June 2016 Remembering the long hot summer of 1976 Climate Alberta's wildfires remain out of control 16 May 2016 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 In the Spotlight Weather Satellites 20 April 2014 Observations of the weather are made 24 hours a day, all over the world. The main observations are from weather satellites, balloons, landbased instruments, ships, buoys and aircraft.
Climate 2016 Hottest Year on Record 18 January 2017 WO and Met Office analyses shows 2016 was the hottest on record
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.
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
In the Spotlight Weather Satellites 20 April 2014 Observations of the weather are made 24 hours a day, all over the world. The main observations are from weather satellites, balloons, landbased instruments, ships, buoys and aircraft.