Reactions to wildfires in the UK. Prof Robin Pakeman, Plant Ecologist, The James Hutton Institute, said: “Normally in late winter … read more
A joint report by the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society presents an ambitious plan for how the UK can lead the way in deploying greenhouse gas removal (GGR) technologies to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. read more
EASAC has published a new report: Extreme weather events in Europe. read more
The MET office has announced that 2017 was the warmest year on record without the influence of warming from El Niño.
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A new study, published in Nature Geoscience, models the impact of global warming on available wind energy.
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Indonesian authorities have raised the state of alert to its highest level near Bali’s Mount Agung as officials fear a major eruption.
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Forecasters have issued a “danger to life” warning as one of the biggest storms in years – Hurricane Ophelia – has hit the UK and Ireland. read more
The great storm hit the UK on 15 and 16 October 1987, killing 18 people and causing £1bn in damage. Why did we fail to forecast it? Would things be different if it happened again? Does it even matter? read more
An earthquake that measured 7.1 on the richter scale has struck central Mexico. read more
Scientists from the Met Office presented their latest data on global temperatures – including evidence which suggests the ‘slowdown’ in global surface temperatures has come to an end, and that temperature rise has recently accelerated again. read more
Having hit large swathes of the Caribbean, Hurricane Irma is now working it’s way up the West Coast of Florida. read more
Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm with winds of 185mph has hit the islands of the North East Carribbean and is heading towards the US mainland. read more
Continued expert reaction to Hurricane Harvey including reports of an explosion at a chemical plant in Houston as a result of the flooding. read more
Experts comment on Hurricane Harvey and its impact. read more
Publishing in the Lancet Planetary Health scientists report that weather-related disasters could affect about two-thirds of the European population annually by the year 2100.
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Publishing in Nature Communications scientists present a new modelling study that suggests a 3°C global RCP8.5 – a representative concentration pathway that shows emissions continuing to rise throughout the 21st century – emission trajectory cancels benefits of European emission on air quality, because the higher temperature might enhance ozone pollution. read more
A new modelling study published in Nature Communications reports that there is a 1 in 3 chance of a new monthly rainfall record in at least one region each winter (Oct-Mar). read more
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has published their State of the Global Climate in 2016 report. read more
Floods are costly and traumatic for the people whose homes and livelihoods are damaged or destroyed. In the UK, they are expected to become more frequent and severe with climate change. read more
A study published in JAMA has looked at electric fan use by nine elderly people and examined heart rate and core temperature. The paper reported that fan use resulted in greater heart rate and core temperature, although differences were small. read more
