In the Spotlight 2017 Hurricanes and Aerosols Simulation 15 November 2017 NASA have produced a very impressive visualisation showing aerosols and hurricanes Climate Greenhouse gas concentrations hit new record 31 October 2017 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have released their annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. In the Spotlight WMO: 2017 records 30 October 2017 WMO's provisional State of the Climate report shows how the heat was turned up in 2017. Weather Dancing cyclones: The 'Fujiwhara effect' 30 July 2017 The Fujiwhara effect is a rare phenomenon that sees nearby cyclones ‘dancing’ round each other. 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. 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. In the Spotlight Spinning up enthusiasm for meteorology 27 March 2017 There is very little that is certain about climate change and tornadoes. In the Spotlight Let’s twist again like we did last summer 27 March 2017 In a talk I was giving last week on the physics of thunderstorms, to a joint meeting of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Engineering and Technology, I could not resist mentioning tornadoes.
In the Spotlight 2017 Hurricanes and Aerosols Simulation 15 November 2017 NASA have produced a very impressive visualisation showing aerosols and hurricanes
Climate Greenhouse gas concentrations hit new record 31 October 2017 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have released their annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin.
In the Spotlight WMO: 2017 records 30 October 2017 WMO's provisional State of the Climate report shows how the heat was turned up in 2017.
Weather Dancing cyclones: The 'Fujiwhara effect' 30 July 2017 The Fujiwhara effect is a rare phenomenon that sees nearby cyclones ‘dancing’ round each other.
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.
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.
In the Spotlight Spinning up enthusiasm for meteorology 27 March 2017 There is very little that is certain about climate change and tornadoes.
In the Spotlight Let’s twist again like we did last summer 27 March 2017 In a talk I was giving last week on the physics of thunderstorms, to a joint meeting of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Engineering and Technology, I could not resist mentioning tornadoes.