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12% have become dangerously cold due to a lack of warm clothing. One in ten (9%) have fallen over due to not wearing suitable footwear whilst an unlucky 2% have been forced to spend a night out in the open due to being unable to get back to a safe location or their home.    However, for many

of forest actually help create rain, as warm moist air rises above the forests. Winds carry moisture from over the ocean, which falls out as rain and is then recycled back to the atmosphere through evaporation. As water evaporates from leaves this has a cooling effect and this effect is amplified

hunted reindeer as they escaped the biting insects of the lowlands. He talks about the incredible sight when a relic, which was encased in ice, is found.   Lars Pilø said: “It doesn’t look old: the ice acts as a time machine.” Some pieces date back 6000 years, when temperatures were higher in a period

Director of Science Simon Vosper leads the scientific work on weather modelling, which is the basis of forecasting.  He said: “Summer is famously tricky for weather forecasting in the UK. A lack of global drivers compared to winter, coupled with the potential for small-scale impactful weather, means

implementing and delivering our own net zero target. Even given strenuous efforts to limit the cause of global warming, further climatic changes are inevitable in the future and the UK will need to manage the growing risks from climate change. To adapt and build resilience, up-to-date, credible and robust

) has been on average 0.3 °C warmer than the 1981-2010 average and 0.9 °C warmer than the 1961-1990 average. All the top ten warmest years for the UK, in the series from 1884, have occurred since 2002. 2.2 A recording of 38.7 °C at Cambridge Botanic Garden on 25th July 2019 became the highest summer

warmer than the 1961-1990 average. All the top ten warmest years for the UK, in the series from 1884, have occurred since 2002. 2.2 A recording of 38.7 °C at Cambridge Botanic Garden on 25 th July 2019 became the highest summer temperature officially recorded in the UK, exceeding the previous record

Impacts Research at the Met Office and University of Exeter, led the study. He said: “It is clear from our analysis that all regions of the world are experiencing increases in extreme weather or other impacts of climate change, and these are costing lives and causing widespread environmental

June 2022 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1991-2020. The weather during much of June was mostly quiet and uneventful, though with a warm spell in mid-month which peaked on the 17th giving the warmest day of the year so far. It was showery at times, especially just after

, and rapidly rising rivers. In such a normally arid region landslides are an ongoing threat in some locations. Rainfall accumulations Dr Julian Heming is a Met Office expert on tropical cyclones. He said: “Although Hilary reached hurricane status, its greatest impacts now will be the heavy rainfall