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, individual events differ in details such as timing and magnitude. Moreover they constitute just one (albeit very important) influence on climate variability. For this reason the typical response to El Niño or La Niña should not be seen as inevitable. Rather, El Niño and La Niña events should

and its effects. Aerosols A suspension of airborne solid or liquid particles, with a typical size between a few nanometres and 10 μm that reside in the atmosphere for at least several hours. Aerosols may be of either natural or anthropogenic origin. Aerosols may influence climate in several ways

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preparing people in the best possible way for how the weather is likely to be The Met Office provides free education content to support young people to be prepared for the effects of weather and climate change on them and their communities. Find out more at www.metoffice.gov.uk/schools © Crown Copyright

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

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

and February. Sea ice extent was 30%, 18%, 9%, 8% and 7% below the 1981- 2010 average in these five months respectively. Winter in the Arctic is normally a time of rapidly growing sea ice extent. As the sun sets on the Arctic, temperatures drop quickly, allowing refreezing of open water exposed

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 change, as well

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