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career studying 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

and individuals – to understand more about how climate change is likely to impact the UK. Professor Jason Lowe OBE is head of the UKCP programme for the Met Office. He said: “Some of the most severe consequences of climate change will come from an increasing frequency and severity of extreme

Information Centre. He said: “Overall, it has been a fairly unremarkable year in terms of annual statistics. The UK as a whole has been slightly warmer and slightly drier than average, though with some variation around the country especially regarding rainfall. “Broadly speaking, colder than average

of the Met Office Hadley Centre. He concluded: “These maps reveal areas of the world where the gravest impacts are projected to occur with higher levels of global warming. However, all regions of the world – including the UK and Europe - are expected to suffer continued impacts from climate change

. Daily maximum temperature maps - calendar view 9. Daily minimum temperature maps - calendar view 10. Daily rainfall maps - calendar view 11. Monthly atmospheric circulation 12. Weather diary 13. Notes UK overview October began warmer than average but wet, with heavy rain across northern Wales, Scotland

as noteworthy because it will be the warmest year in the series which hasn’t been influenced by an El Niño – the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation in the tropical Pacific. Based on the HadCRUT4 data set, global mean surface temperatures for January – September were 0.42°C ± 0.09°C above

. The 1st was a mild cloudy day with some rain especially for the north and near the south coast, and the 2nd continued mild, generally cloudy and windy with some light rain in many places in the a ernoon, with a maximum of 15.9 °C at Kew Gardens (London). The night of the 2nd/3rd was unusually warm

a temporary cooling effect but 2021 was warmer than any year prior to 2015. The average global temperature in 2021 was about 1.11 (± 0.13) °C above the pre-industrial level [1850-1900]. The WMO State of the Global Climate report complements the IPCC Sixth Assessment report, which includes data up

likley to see snow.  Paul Gundersen is a Met Office Chief Forecaster. He said: “Over the last week, the UK has been held in a northerly airflow bringing cold, sometimes Arctic air, to the UK. We will still have this northerly influence to our weather patterns until the weekend, but then the cold

Across the UK people will see a varied range of weather over the next few days. Whilst much warmer than average temperatures are likely over the weekend, extremely windy conditions will affect Northern Ireland, and western and northern Britain on Monday and Tuesday. The most dominant weather