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. Weather radar A device that sends out electromagnetic pulses which detect objects in the sky, like raindrops, and can tell how big they are, where they are and how fast they are falling. Weather career stories | People in weather and climate Weather hero cartoon activity Part 2: Storytelling challenge

Learn About Weather is an exciting, new course that will launch in September. The course will run over four weeks, with a few hours of learning per week. Weeks one to three cover the basics of weather, starting with the big picture, moving on to synoptic charts, air masses, fronts, wind and clouds

because of the wet weather and the expected getaway congestion. With an estimated 6.2 million people undecided exactly when they’ll travel, the big question is whether any sign of sun leads to big jams on a single day. Whatever happens, it’s wise to travel as early as possible or later in the day when

their animals at much cheaper prices in order to cope up with the long drought spell. The members of this group acknowledged that predicting the start of rains in terms of onset has become more probabilistic than in the past century and farmer now enter into very bigger losses when they plant bigger acreage

Learn About Weather is an exciting course that we piloted last September. The course will run over four weeks, with a few hours of learning per week. Weeks one to three cover the basics of weather, starting with the big picture, moving on to synoptic charts, air masses, fronts, wind and clouds

and storage.” Prof Lowe added: “There is a big caveat with relying on technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere: it has never been deployed at the scale necessary to remove sufficient carbon-dioxide from the atmosphere to lower global temperature significantly.” Accepting temporary overshoot now

is to consider the scale and detail of mitigation – ultimately an economic case, but for now – what is the science that links L5 data to that case? – and how do we avoid hyperbole? © 2015 RAL Space Solar flares & the prophets of doom • As with all big risks, space weather appeals to our love of scare stories

Carefully cut along the dotted lines. Put the smaller wheel on top of the bigger one, line up their middles and you have made your own cipher wheel! If you want to secure your two wheels together, make a small hole in the middle of both of them and use a split pin to attach them together – just be careful and ask an adult if you need help.

temperatures. It’s worth noting that changes in greenhouse gas emissions over the next 15-years are unlikely to have a big effect on such short-term warming trends, but natural variations (such as El Niño or a big volcanic eruption) could push warming slightly up or down. How much long-term warming have we

public and emergency services carry out their usual winter preparatory work, all of us can take a few small steps that could make a big difference in adverse conditions.  Please take a moment to consider how your home, health and travel may be affected by the winter weather and take action now