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Weather The 'Beast from the East' bites the UK 28 February 2018 The ‘Beast from the East’ has reared its ugly head and brought severe winter weather to much of the UK this week
Weather 65 years since the Great Smog 05 December 2017 In December 1952 a smog event occurred that was so thick and toxic it left thousands dead in London and caused transport chaos
In the Spotlight Climate change to increase clear-air turbulence threefold 01 December 2017 Climate change isn’t just something that is occurring at ground level, but also high up into the atmosphere – and it will have significant impacts on air travel.
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 Elvis is alive and well and in Porthcawl 26 September 2017 At the weekend I was in Porthcawl in Wales at an Elvis festival.
In the Spotlight Why does pressure fall off more slowly in warm air than cold air? 20 June 2017 There are two questions here. The first is does pressure fall off more slowly in warm air than cold air?
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?
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.