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The Met Office colour scale for temperature, last tweaked slightly in early 2022, ranging from -40 and black, over blue around 0, then going in into yellow, orange, and then red from around 27.

No need to see red over Met Office colour scale

Southern Europe and northern Africa’s heatwave in recent weeks has led to some discussion around how temperatures are displayed on weather forecast maps, with some suggesting ‘alarmist’ colours are used. However, the reality of the Met Office colour scale is a little more mundane than some online chatter would have you believe.
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Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Imperative

“Have you ever wondered about the role of businesses in the face of escalating climate change”, says Ben Bulger, Director at Oxygen House Ltd in a guest blog.
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How does Net Zero impact UK air quality?

The quality of the air we breathe matters. Clean air is a basic requirement of a healthy environment for us all to live and work.
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The Met Office forecast: striving for greater workplace inclusivity and diversity

“Without the contribution of the many women helping to shape our history, the Met Office would not be what it is today.” That is the comment from Tammy Lillie – the Met Office’s Chief People Officer – on the day the organisation learns it is recognised on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Women list.
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Seamless decision-making for climate adaptation

We all care about how future changes to the weather might affect us. This might be in our professional lives, where we think about risk from extreme weather to one industry, or this might be because we are all affected by disruption to energy supply, to transport and to food supply.

How have daily temperatures shifted in the UK’s changing climate?

A new visualisation of Met Office data lays bare the changing climate of the UK using daily temperature data since 1960.
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Latest report highlights significantly low sea ice extent

The latest report on Arctic and Antarctic sea ice identifies issues at both poles.

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