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most consistently visible wonders and can also tell us a lot about what is going on up in the atmosphere. So, what are clouds? Clouds are made up of lots of tiny water droplets or ice particles floating in the sky at different heights. As the sun heats water, it turns into an invisible gas called

most consistently visible wonders and can also tell us a lot about what is going on up in the atmosphere. So, what are clouds? Clouds are made up of lots of tiny water droplets or ice particles floating in the sky at different heights. As the sun heats water, it turns into an invisible gas called

A new study has found climate change has influenced how much rain falls during autumn and winter storms.

area. Attribution to climate change The scientists examined the influence of human-caused climate change on strong winds and heavy rainfall from these storms, as well as the rainfall totals from October 2023 – March 2024. They analysed weather observations and climate models to compare how

of the policy influencer community because they have lower self-enhancing values, and are therefore more likely to act on climate change regardless of the social norm Target older policy influencers (when the main social norm is to take action on climate change) because they are more likely

: on track to be Earth’s warmest year on record Author: Press Office 9 November 2023 Every month of 2023 has so far has exceeded 1.2°C above pre-industrial times [note], according to the HadCRUT dataset. These high values are influenced by the ever-rising temperatures driven by human-induced climate

–1900) by around 1 °C. The influences of anthropogenic greenhouse gas release and aerosols explain much of this increase but natural variations in climate, such as the influence of El Niño, mean that the observed temperature rise isn’t even from year to year. Although global temperatures remained

affect the natural variation of our weather. There is the potential for the weak La Niña signal to affect the UK’s weather this month, but it is vying for influence of the UK winter weather with a range of other competing global climate influences which can also affect our weather. Whatever weather we

Applegate et al., (2015) How effective is albedo modification in preventing sea-level rise from the Greenland ice sheet; 7 Vizcaino et al., (2015) Coupled simulations of Greenland Ice Sheet and climate change up to AD 2300; 8 Gregory et al., (2004) Threatened loss of the Greenland ice sheet; 9 Sun et

Gregor Leckebusch & Mark McCarthy Matt Cole & Rob Elliott Dann Mitchell & John Newton Clare Heaviside & Dejan Mumovic & Ting Sun State of the climate Economy Health and wellbeing Built environment Methods team David Dawson & David Jaroszweski Independent Review Group Additional contributors Chris