Weather Ex-Hurricane Ophelia brings stormy conditions to the British Isles 17 October 2017 Ex-Hurricane Ophelia brought wet weather and gusts exceeding 96 mph to the UK and Ireland on 16th October, the 30th anniversary of the Great Storm of 1987. Weather Hurricane Ophelia 12 October 2017 Hurricane Ophelia is currently crossing the Atlantic Ocean and may bring wet weather and gusts of up to 70mph to the British Isles. Weather Hurricane Maria devastates Dominica and knocks out Puerto Rico 19 September 2017 Dominica, an island in the Caribbean, has been devastated by Hurricane Maria, which made landfall overnight on 18th September. Weather Hurricane Irma: One of the most powerful Atlantic Ocean storms on record 07 September 2017 On Tuesday 5 September 2017, Hurricane Irma grew into a Category 5 storm Weather Hurricane Harvey causes catastrophic flooding in Texas 29 August 2017 Hurricane Harvey has brought "catastrophic" flooding to the US state of Texas, in what could be one of the 10 costliest storms in US history. Climate Larsen C: Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctic peninsula 21 July 2017 On 12th July, satellite data confirmed the ‘calving’ of a trillion-tonne, 5,800 sq km iceberg from the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic peninsula. 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 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? Citizen Science A newly discovered atmospheric optical phenomenon called... Steve 27 April 2017 Aurora watchers in Alberta, Canada noticed the ribbon or streak of purple light in the night sky but nobody knew exactly what it was.
Weather Ex-Hurricane Ophelia brings stormy conditions to the British Isles 17 October 2017 Ex-Hurricane Ophelia brought wet weather and gusts exceeding 96 mph to the UK and Ireland on 16th October, the 30th anniversary of the Great Storm of 1987.
Weather Hurricane Ophelia 12 October 2017 Hurricane Ophelia is currently crossing the Atlantic Ocean and may bring wet weather and gusts of up to 70mph to the British Isles.
Weather Hurricane Maria devastates Dominica and knocks out Puerto Rico 19 September 2017 Dominica, an island in the Caribbean, has been devastated by Hurricane Maria, which made landfall overnight on 18th September.
Weather Hurricane Irma: One of the most powerful Atlantic Ocean storms on record 07 September 2017 On Tuesday 5 September 2017, Hurricane Irma grew into a Category 5 storm
Weather Hurricane Harvey causes catastrophic flooding in Texas 29 August 2017 Hurricane Harvey has brought "catastrophic" flooding to the US state of Texas, in what could be one of the 10 costliest storms in US history.
Climate Larsen C: Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctic peninsula 21 July 2017 On 12th July, satellite data confirmed the ‘calving’ of a trillion-tonne, 5,800 sq km iceberg from the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic peninsula.
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 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?
Citizen Science A newly discovered atmospheric optical phenomenon called... Steve 27 April 2017 Aurora watchers in Alberta, Canada noticed the ribbon or streak of purple light in the night sky but nobody knew exactly what it was.