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  • 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

  • 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

  • Communicating Long-term Climate information

    Communicating Climate Information Jane Strachan Head of International Applied Science www.metoffice.gov.uk © Crown Copyright 2018 Met Office Aims for Session • Discuss general principles and ground rules for good communication - based on practiced examples and academic research • Explore good

  • met-office_lesson-plan_exploring-climate-impacts_primary.pdf

    Exploring climate impacts Age range: 7-11 Exploring climate impacts | Weather and climate stories Introduction Overview This lesson explores climate change and its impacts around the world. Your pupils will step into the shoes of people in other countries, finding out about their ways of life

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  • sahel-climate-risk-report-final.pdf

    Document history Version Purpose Date 0.1 Review 14/01/2022 1.0 Final delivery 07/02/2022 1.1 Baseline climate plot revisions 31/01/2025 Lead authors Sarah Holmes, Lead Scientist Nick Brooks, Research Officer Gabrielle Daoust, Post-doctoral Research Fellow Rebecca Osborne, Scientific Manager Hannah

  • southern-africa-climate-risk-report-final-.pdf

    in these islands are greater than 1500mm per year (Figure 4). Observed trends in regional climate for Southern Africa Observational records show that Southern Africa’s average annual surface temperatures increased by between 1°C and 1.5°C from 1961 to 2015. Minimum temperatures have increased more

  • southern-africa-climate-risk-report-final-pdf

    in these islands are greater than 1500mm per year (Figure 4). Observed trends in regional climate for Southern Africa Observational records show that Southern Africa’s average annual surface temperatures increased by between 1°C and 1.5°C from 1961 to 2015. Minimum temperatures have increased more

  • climate-risk-report-for-sea---v6-final-april-2026.pdf

    as a result of human-induced climate change (Oliver et al., 2018). This marine heatwave persisted for 298 days, the longest on record for this region, with an average intensity of 2°C (Iskandar et al., 2021). Precipitation has generally increased by around 0.2- 0.5mm/day per decade, although this trend

  • 2024: record-breaking watershed year for global climate

    2024 was the warmest year on record globally and the first year that was likely more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels: a stark reminder global temperatures are continuing to rise.

    exceeded the previous warmest year – 2016 - by 0.17°C, making 2024 and 2023 the warmest and second-warmest years on record.   A number of global climate centres will be releasing their 2024 average temperature figures today.  The latest figures highlight how the world is getting closer to breaching

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