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weather. We can all help ensure there’s enough to go around by being mindful of the amount of water we use while ensuring we stay hydrated and safe.  “By making just small changes indoors or in the garden you can have a big impact on our water consumption. Our Water’s Worth Saving campaign has

or in the garden you can have a big impact on our water consumption. Our Water’s Worth Saving campaign has a host of helpful top-tips showing the simple things we can all do to save this precious resource, so it remains readily available now and in the future.”  RAC Breakdown spokesman Rod Dennis said: “An amber

. This dependence inadvertently leads to a bigger impact for short notice warnings than had they been longer notice. This is due to dependence/reliance on the warning service. This should be considered in the notification of short notice warnings ie: potential for a bigger impact rating. For flooding related

, might be along the lines of “many African cities are using global climate model projections to plan their development”. 2 Accounting for psychological distance The psychological distance of climate change has a big influence on people’s climate change risk perceptions, in turn influencing action

stakeholders on the slides. A short class discussion should highlight that different groups have different powers. Some people or groups of people are decision makers as they have the power to make a bigger systemic change happen (e.g. government, headteacher, business leaders). However, anyone can

Weather | Amazing aurora Activity steps But space weather forecasts are not only important for aurora-watching. When the solar wind is really strong, the charged particles can also interact with all sorts of technology, both here on Earth and out in space (slide 11). A big space weather event can cause

a big impact on UK weather, particularly by determining the position of the North Atlantic Storm track in winter. For example, read about the influence of the jet stream on the unusually wet October 2019 (https://blog.metoffice.gov. uk/2019/11/04/the-jet-stream-casts-its-shadow-over-the-uk

the Met Office and our partners. Using cloud-scale computing and big data our experts are leading research into AI-based systems for forecasting UK weather. Progress in this area is also timely. Ever-increasing weather extremes and growing climate change impacts means we can draw together our combined

for a few days and so the amounts of them can change very quickly. Many places in the world saw big improvements in air quality and visibility due to the reduction in aerosols. Gases like carbon dioxide have a very long lifetime in the atmosphere and so changes to emissions only affect them very slowly

Alex Burkill After completing degrees in both Maths and then Meteorology, Alex came to the Met Office to be trained up as a Meteorologist and has been working here for several years. He always had an interest in the weather since wanting to touch a cloud as a child, and the weather has played a big