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• Met Office festival forecast: More heat on the way for this week's festivals

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• London Marathon forecast: a cool start with sunny spells

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• Rising greenhouse gas concentrations lead to ice loss and drying soils

  The global climate in 2025 set several new records, including atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, the loss of glacial ice from mountain regions, and the dryness of global soils.

  The 2025 edition of the BAMS State of the Climate report – published by the American Meteorological Society (AMS) - shows that many climate metrics are deteriorating in line with the ongoing increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Dr Robert Dunn of the Met Office is the lead

• Climate change drives increase in storm rainfall

  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

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  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

• 2023 was second warmest year on record for UK

  2022 records. Met Office Senior Scientist Mike Kendon said: “The observations of the UK climate are clear. Climate change is influencing UK temperature records over the long term, with 2023 going down as another very warm year and the second warmest on record. Had the 2023 value occurred during

• Why has it been so wet this winter?

  driving this persistent pattern, and why has 2026 stood out as particularly damp? A combination of atmospheric dynamics, regional weather patterns and the influence of climate change have all played a role. A more energised jet stream At the heart of this winter’s story lies the jet stream – a fast

• Beyond fruit and timber: the many other benefits of trees in today’s climate

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• When does Autumn start? Defining seasons

   recently updated 30-year averages can show us how ‘normal’ seasons are changing over time, giving us clues about trends in the UK’s climate.” Astronomical definitions of seasons also exist – using the Earth’s position relative to the Sun as the cue for separating one season from another via equinoxes

• 2023: on track to be Earth’s warmest year on record

  Author: Press Office Thu 9 Nov 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 as the influence of the developing El