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which would threaten maize crops over North America and Asia. The colour shading shows the 200 hPa geopotential height anomalies. Red areas indicate areas of higher than average values –these conditions are associated with dry conditions which would severely impact maize yields. Risks to global food

to a new level. Catherine Maguire, stationed at an RAF base that trains fast-jet pilots, often finds herself advising individual pilots on the routes they plan to fly. “They might say, ‘I’m flying from Yorkshire to the north of Scotland via these valleys’”, says Catherine. “Because their aircraft

. To this aim, the UK has developed a network of observation stations called the UK Deriving Emissions related to Climate Change (DECC) network. Along with MHD, it consists of three tall 5 tower stations: Ridge Hill (RGL) near Hereford; Tacolneston (TAC) near Norwich; Bilsdale (BSD) in North Yorkshire

, in combination with tide levels, EA flood forecasting and local knowledge, to provide coastal flood warnings. Storm surge of 1953 The greatest storm surge on record for the North Sea occurred on 31 January and 1 February 1953. The surge height reached 2.97 m in Norfolk and 3.36 m in the Netherlands. 1,835