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which commenced in 1659, it was the warmest calendar month yet recorded. The numerous warm, sunny days were associated with anomalously high pressure over northern Europe and a persistent southerly airstream over the UK. Warmest calendar month yet recorded Impacts The heat placed strains on water

Writing in the journal Nature ahead of COP28 a team of Met Office scientists has emphasised, surprisingly, there is currently no formally agreed way of defining the current level of global warming relevant to the Paris Agreement.

They have proposed a solution. While the global average temperature in a particular year is well-known, this will not be suitable as an indicator of whether the “Paris 1.5” has been breached or not, because the Paris Agreement refers to long-term warming, not individual years. But no alternative

temperature forecast. Professor Adam Scaife is the Met Office head of long-range prediction. He said: “Natural events – such as El Niño-induced warming in the Pacific – influence the climate system, but in the absence of El Niño, this forecast gives a clear picture of the strongest factor causing

has been 1.47°C above the average for 1850-1900.” Professor Tim Osborn is the Director of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia. He said: “Our global temperature observations show that the world is continuing to warm in line with predictions made by climate scientists

As the planet warms, the intensity, frequency and duration of extreme weather events such as heatwaves and heavy rainfall is expected to increase.

of HadEX3 have today been published in a paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres.  Dr Robert Dunn of the Met Office is the lead author. Commenting on the update, he said: “Looking at the changing climate by studying the frequency of extreme weather events provides a different

Following on from a week of contrasts, with increasingly warmer conditions spreading north eastwards across the UK following below-average temperatures earlier in the week. Temperatures are on the rise as we head into the weekend 📈 especially across the south as mild air is drawn up from

In a paper published today [Monday 3 April, 2017] climate scientists at the Met Office Hadley Centre have shown that the early mitigation needed to limit eventual warming below potentially dangerous levels has a climate ‘payback’

Change – investigates how quickly benefits of mitigation could be realised through any reduction in the occurrence of extreme seasonal temperatures over land. The team focussed on model results from future scenarios of a rapidly-warming world: one without any action to reduce emissions; and one

forecast says: Last week’s warmth saw temperatures rise to 29.3°C at Kew Gardens, making it the warmest day of the year so far. It did get cooler over the weekend but temperatures will rise again this week to slightly above average for many, exceeding 20°C for some, though not as warm as last week

the climatic changes that have made such extremes more frequent. The top ten hottest July days on record Coningsby, Lincolnshire recorded 40.3°C on July 19, 2022 Cambridge Botanical Garden, Cambridge recorded 38.7°C on July 25, 2019 Pitsford, Northamptonshire recorded 38.2°C on July 18, 2022 Heathrow

the impacts of a warming planet   Author: Prof Peter Stott (Climate Attribution Science Fellow) 10 September 2024 Professor Peter Stott MBE writes about his recent interview on the BBC programme 'The Life Scientific' and reflects on his career. I’ve been listening to The Life Scientific on Radio 4