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the Department, noting the background of the new Science Minister. The response to Sir Paul Nurse’s Landscape Review, which had a big section on Public Sector Research Establishments (PSREs), was discussed. • Rob Woodward closed the meeting, noting the annual staff Awards for Excellence in Exeter the following week which some Non-Executive Directors were attending.

Almond said: “There’s a big contrast in conditions across the UK through the weekend. While frontal rain dominates in the north, warmer air and high pressure is developing further south, which will bring some unseasonable warmth for much of southern and central England and Wales. “Warmth to the south

for compliance with the aim of 1.5 °C. But even this level of cut only yields around a 50 per cent chance of staying at or below the 1.5 °C target. “For greater certainty of staying below the 1.5 °C level then even bigger emission reductions become necessary. This further strengthens the case

are more attracted to each other than they are to surrounding air molecules. This attraction, known as cohesion, pulls molecules inward resulting in a tension surrounding a droplet’s surface and forcing it into a sphere – the shape with the smallest surface area for its volume. Not yet big enough

actions to prepare themselves and support their friends and neighbours. “This might mean having a flu jab, checking your vehicle and property are ready for the changing weather conditions, or offering support to your elderly or vulnerable neighbours. Thinking ahead can make a big difference

the range of plausible alternative interpretations of the evidence and statistical modelling assumptions.  The numbers quoted in this article are from the robust range. For further details, see Sherwood et. al, 2020 .  An important implication is that we would be taking an even bigger risk than

use any games in the co-production process in any of the case studies? If yes, how did this improve the process? 9 It is possible to integrate the coproduction process in all development level? 10 What follow up to the big work of Amma in Senegal, do you have indicators for results in the long term

to be here. The Met Office is a bigger organisation than KNMI but the two organisations are similar because of the pull-through of science to operations. That is different from academia and universities generally, and it is great to manage a team with that one goal. So why did you choose to come to the Met

and flooding, where SEPA worked very closely with the Met Office. Looking forward, he outlined key priorities and some of the big challenges, such as surface water. • Simon Brown (Services Director) summarised the overall seasonal performance of the summer weather forecast. With John Taylor (Associate

.) They will also be interested in whether the sea is calm or very rough. Farmers grow plants and/or animals for food and other uses. Many farmers work on big pieces of land. Farmers need to know if and when they can do certain tasks. Some tasks like harvesting might be much more difficult in wet weather