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Weather extremes and climate change


Extreme weather events such as heatwaves and floods impact all levels of society and can lead to large economic costs, population displacement and loss of life.

This page outlines the latest research on whether we’re experiencing more extreme events in the UK and on a global scale, whether they’re due to climate change and what we can expect in the future.  

Heatwaves - UK and global events

 

Global Extreme events

Global extreme events - Heavy rainfall

Global extreme events - Drought

Global extreme events - Cold

Global extreme events - Tropical storms

 

UK Extreme events

UK extreme events - Heavy rainfall and floods

UK extreme events – Drought

UK extreme events - Cold

UK extreme events - Wind storms

 

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