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The sixth report in the State of the UK Climate series confirms that 2019 was the 12th warmest year in a series from 1884.
The latest report covering the climate of the UK – published today [Friday 31 July ]- reveals that the most recent decade (2010-2019) has been on average 0.9° C warmer across the UK than the period 1961-1990, with 2019 being 1.1° C above the 1961-1990 long-term average. 2019 sets four UK high
Our climate depends on how much of the Sun's energy is retained in the land, sea and air.
The primary driver of the Earth's climate is energy from the Sun. Most of the Sun’s energy that reaches the Earth is reflected back into space, but some is trapped by gases in the atmosphere as it radiates back from the Earth's surface. This is the "Greenhouse Effect", and it warms the Earth like
Gareth's main research activity is in the detection of past climate change and the attribution of possible causes.
the Sun has influenced past climate changes and its potential to influence future changes is an area that has sometimes proven to be controversial. Gareth is involved in research with colleagues at theUniversity of Reading Department of Meteorology examining the potential to learn more about how
not that further changes will occur in the future in response to human influences. What is the cause of changes in extremes? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (2014) says changes in many extreme weather and climate events have been observed since about 1950
Tides refer to the rise and fall of a body of water caused by the interaction between the moon, sun and Earth.
What are tides? Tides are greatly influenced by the gravitational pull from the moon and sun. The moon's elliptic orbit means that twice a month, the moon, sun and Earth are in direct alignment and create a combined gravitational force. In the open ocean, the tidal force of the moon will appear
High pressure will influence the UK’s weather this weekend, but what does that mean for the thousands of people running the TCS London Marathon?
Office Meteorologist and Presenter Alex Deakin said: “If you’ve been training hard for the London Marathon, you’ve probably been training in the rain and under the influence of low pressure. Our weather patterns are shifting this weekend and high pressure moving in will bring many of us a fine day
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Climate change is a complicated topic, and lots of people still have questions. Here, we answer the climate change questions we get asked the most, and how we know climate change is happening.
forces that explain the rise in global temperatures? Is climate change a result of the Sun getting hotter recently? What about El Niño events? Haven’t they caused the recent warming? Don’t climate models have huge uncertainties in their results? Have any climate projections come true? Hasn’t global
Positioning System (GPS) is an example of GNSS. Return to top H Heliosphere a region of space in which solar wind has a significant influence. This region encompasses the entirety of the solar system. Heliocentric orbit the orbit of an object around the sun. HF Comms communication systems relying
of 1.5 km the shape of the terrain can influence the radiation received at the surface and needs to be properly modelled to allow accurate prediction of surface temperatures. Other areas of research involve the interaction of radiation with clouds. In particular, the structure or inhomogeneity
