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• Making sense of climate change projections

  Skip to main content Weather & climate Research programmes Services About us Careers Menu Search site Search Back Weather & climate Everything you need to know about the forecast, and making the most of the weather. Find a forecast Warnings & advice Warnings & advice UK weather warnings UK Storm

• Supercomputing leap in weather and climate forecasting

  Met Office and Microsoft join forces to build world’s most powerful weather and climate forecasting supercomputer in UK

  The Met Office has signed a multimillion-pound agreement with Microsoft for the provision of a world-leading supercomputing capability that will take weather and climate forecasting to the next level and help the UK stay safe and thrive, announced today on Earth Day (22 April). This new

• Exeter climate scientist appointed MBE

  A leading climate scientist has been appointed MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

  Office correctly predicted the record-breaking rise in atmospheric CO2 in 2016, caused by the large El Niño weakening natural carbon sinks and magnifying the impact of human emissions. He is currently leading the main analysis for the UK’s third national Climate Change Risk Assessment to inform

• Climate extremes from the Poles to the Tropics

  Over the last decade the world has witnessed many extreme weather events including record-breaking temperatures this summer in England and devastating wildfires in Australia in 2019 and 2020.

  drought.” From 2020 the list includes the following global extreme weather and climate change impacts. United Kingdom, July 2022 Record high temperatures of over 40°C across wide areas of England. Over 1000 excess deaths in over-65s. 13 deaths due to drowning. Widespread disruption to railway network

• Wet and windy weekend for climate conference.

  Northern Scotland will see the strongest winds and heaviest rain, however, Glasgow, where the COP26 climate conference is underway, does not escape the unsettled weather. Bonfire Night It will be mostly dry across the UK as a whole for Friday evening, but cloudier the further north you go. A few

• Up to £1.2billion for weather and climate supercomputer

  The latest supercomputing technology will unleash the full potential of weather and climate data for the UK

  Up to £1.2 billion investment has been confirmed for a state-of-the-art supercomputer to improve severe weather and climate forecasting, Data from the supercomputer will be used to inform Government policy as part of leading the global fight against climate change and meeting net zero emission

• A look back at the weather and climate in 2020

  2020 has been a year of extremes with the wettest February on record, the sunniest spring, a heatwave in the summer and a day in October breaking rainfall records.

  With just a few days left to go, 2020 looks likely to be the 3rd or 4th warmest on record depending on how cold the rest of the year turns out to be (full years statistics published 4th January 2021). This makes it clear that the general trend of warming as a consequence of climate change is being

• global-climate-outlook---july-2024pdf

  Climate Outlook Global: April to January Global: Monthly Climate Outlook April to January Issued: July 2024 Overview Current Status Outlooks Annex 1 – Supplemental Information Climate Outlook Global: April to January Overview MENA, Caribbean and British Overseas Territories Current Status

• Indian weather and climate research uplift

  and Climate Science for Service Partnership between the Met Office and the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) aspires to reduce the risk of monsoon-related disasters.  The development of weather and climate services is becoming increasingly important in addressing some of the biggest global

• Dashboard highlights urgency of climate action

  A Met Office Hadley Centre dashboard monitoring key indicators of global climate is providing an authoritative way to stay up to date with the current state of the climate.

  The  Climate Dashboard  – compiled by Met Office scientists – will help decision makers, including those at COP 26, to view how indicators of climate change, such as global temperature, ocean heat content, sea level rise, sea ice extent and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations are shifting