Weather and climate news

Unsettled weather persists for much of this week, with things turning colder later.

New research has revealed that the impact of one of the world’s most influential global climate patterns, is much more far reaching than originally thought.

New research reveals that wildfires are accelerating carbon loss from ecosystems, reducing the amount of emissions society can release, while still avoiding the worst impacts of climate change.

It has been the wettest September on record for some counties, according to provisional Met Office figures, though no national monthly records have been broken.

A new independent economic study has concluded that the Met Office will deliver benefits worth £56 billion to the UK economy over the next ten years.