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Can AI transform how we forecast the weather?
A partnership between the Turing and the Met Office aims to make weather forecasting more accurate and efficient write the Met Office’s Professor Kirstine Dale and Dr Scott Hosking, senior research fellow at the Alan Turing Institute.
Food security under pressure from climate change
The UN define food security as when all individuals, at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Food security is under pressure from the direct impacts of climate change and food supply chains need to be better prepared and more resilient to deal with global shocks and the extremes of extreme weather.
With September 2023 breaking global records, where does the UK sit?
September 2023 was the world’s warmest September on record for global average temperature according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The September average temperature was 16.38°C which is 0.93°C above the 1991-2020 average. This anomaly also made September 2023 the month with the highest difference to average of any month in any year in the ERA5 dataset which dates back to 1940.
What do climate tipping points mean for the UK?
This month we have been exploring the topic of climate tipping points and provided an overview of the subject in an earlier blog post. In this post, we look more closely at the impacts of potential tipping points on UK weather and climate.
Supporting global resilience to weather and climate through WCSSP
A new series of videos and a comprehensive brochure exploring the work of the Met Office managed Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership (WCSSP) programme has been launched. These recognise the significant achievements of the programme to date due to the committed efforts of those within the Met Office and partner organisations.
Unprecedented September heatwave summary
As the weather in the UK turns increasingly Autumnal, it may already seem a distant memory that the start of September saw an unprecedented heatwave in the UK. For the first time there was a run of seven consecutive days recording 30°C or higher in September. This surpassed the previous longest runs of five days in September 1929 and 1911.
NASA Space Apps Challenge is coming to Exeter
The Met Office is playing host to NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge, with participants from all walks of life invited to take part.
Tropical Nights in September
Tropical nights, where the temperature doesn’t drop below 20°C, are rare in the UK through September.
What do we mean by a climate tipping point?
In the context of climate science, a tipping point refers to a critical threshold in the earth’s system or related processes which, if passed, can cause sudden, dramatic or even irreversible changes to some of the earth’s largest systems, such as the Antarctic ice sheet or the Amazon rainforest.
Delivering transformative change to weather and climate information services in vulnerable African communities through WISER Africa
Across East, West and Southern Africa, communities are vulnerable to weather and climate related shocks such as storms, flood and drought. These can have a significant impact on lives and livelihoods that can result in a loss of income, homes or lives that may have been avoided if better access and use of weather and climate information services was available.
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