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Temperature record to exaggerate climate change Our response: The Met Office maintains the Central England Temperature series and we have a process of continual review and improvement to ensure the dataset is robust. This can result in occasional updates to the series. We do this transparently by publishing

, driven by human activity. How do we link extreme weather to climate change? An attribution study aims to answer the question, “Did climate change cause this?” Scientists can look at specific weather events and see if climate change was a factor. To do this, they start with a clear, scientific

Otto and Noa which were named by other meteorological organisations in February and April respectively and had residual impacts on the UK. Met Office Head of Situational Awareness Will Lang, who leads responses in times of severe weather, said: “This is the ninth year of us naming storms and we do

find Ray travelling through a duck-nado on Nimothy “Nim”, her cloud-cat pet, dodging Wind Rogues and their tormenting tornadoes. But do we experience duck-nadoes or shoe-nadoes in the UK or other areas of the world? Your answer would probably be no, but some of us in different countries around

• chemicals in cleaning or personal care products • dust • mould Outdoor air quality in the UK has improved significantly during the past 40 years. But there is no safe level of air pollution, and there is still more we could do. Play the game 1. Gather everyone in a circle and ask everyone

10 chicks) with two consecutive warm years from 2022, featuring a few heavy rainfall days in the January months. Donegal Londonderry Antrim Tyrone © The Wildlife Trusts Fermanagh Armagh Down About Barn Owls What does Ulster Wildlife do? Barn owls are one of the three species of owl found in Ireland

and meteorologist, said: "It is slightly mixed fortunes as we start off this new working week. A little misty along eastern coastal areas of Scotland where there is some low cloud around. This will tend to burn back as we do move throughout the day. It's wetter out towards western Scotland and parts of eastern

of impact forecast and an indication of how likely those impacts are. What should I do – this section links to advice and guidance from our partners on how to stay safe in severe weather. Further details – additional information on the forecast weather. Each warning has a colour depending

progress that I can refer to at this stage? Background information on WCSSP projects can be found at https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/newton. A lot of WCSSP projects have global components that could be of benefit to other WCSSP projects. How is this being managed to avoid duplication of effort? How do we

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