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 Record number of states expected to sign Paris climate deal 22 April 2016 Climate Air quality and sources of air pollution 15 June 2015 Air quality is a measure of how clean or dirty the air is, and air pollution is air contamination by harmful substances Weather Precipitation Production Pathways 19 February 2015 Although not always a ‘welcome friend,’ precipitation is essential to the life on Earth and the latent heat released from its formation provides much of the energy that drives atmospheric circulation. 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 Climate Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation 12 April 2014
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 Air quality and sources of air pollution 15 June 2015 Air quality is a measure of how clean or dirty the air is, and air pollution is air contamination by harmful substances
Weather Precipitation Production Pathways 19 February 2015 Although not always a ‘welcome friend,’ precipitation is essential to the life on Earth and the latent heat released from its formation provides much of the energy that drives atmospheric circulation.
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