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What is global dimming?

Guardian.co.uk — 11 May 2012 10:41
Measurements from the 1960s to the early 1990s, backed up by a wide range of data and a number of independent studies, showed there were subst

Met Office 'rain plane' on course to chase storms

Channel 4 News — 10 May 2012 21:04
Channel 4 science editor Tom Clarke joins a team of scientists flying into the heart of the incoming storm front on a mis

Turbulence ahead: Flight heads into storm's heart

BBC News UK — 10 May 2012 05:00
Scientists have flown into the heart of a turbulent weather system in a bid to uncover the causes of heavy ra

Hay fever warning as washout spring is set lead to pollen-filled summer

Mail Online — 02 May 2012 09:58
A summer of misery lies in store for millions of hay fever sufferers across the UK, follo

Why April's showers could mean a very sneezy summer

Telegraph.co.uk — 01 May 2012 22:00
The torrential downpours of last month have sown the seeds of misery for millions of hay fever sufferers who are bei

NASA International Space Apps Challenge

Wired-Gov — 24 April 2012 09:10
Met Office - 24 Apr 2012 10:10

Britain set for downpours one week after hosepipe ban came into force

Metro — 10 April 2012 22:46
A week after the hosepipe ban came into force, Britain is set to get a drenching – for the rest of th

After the heatwave, the wet weekend

The Independent — 10 April 2012 04:41
The British weather, predictably unreliable as ever, took a turn for the worse over the Easter weekend, with heavy rainfall at Clev