Category Archives: Climate

The Carbon Footprint of Climate Science – an opinion by Hilary Weller 

Posted on 6 November, 2023 by sdriscoll

By: Hillary Weller What is the acceptable carbon footprint of climate science? Climate science cannot be done without a carbon footprint, and without climate science we would not know that burning fossil fuels is causing dangerous climate change. So without … Continue reading →

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Rapid developing, severe droughts will become more common over the 21st Century

Posted on 12 October, 2023 by sdriscoll

By: Emily Black At the height of the 2012 corn growing season, two thirds of the United States was hit by a sudden drought. The photographs below compare 2012 to a normal year:   Earlier this year, a similarly sudden drought … Continue reading →

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More severe wet and dry extremes as rapid warming of climate continues

Posted on 5 October, 2023 by sdriscoll

By: Professor Richard Allan The UK weather has recently been characterised by large swings between wet and dry periods and with record heat this June and September. Globally, this September was the warmest on record and 2023 is set to … Continue reading →

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“…since records began” – Christopher Wren’s first automatic weather station

Posted on 28 September, 2023 by sdriscoll

We restart the weekly blog with a contribution from Professor Giles Harrison. With the blog being down over the summer, Giles‘ contribution was posted on Professor Maarten Ambaum’s excellent blog, where we direct readers until regular service resumes next week. … Continue reading →

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Flying Through Storms To Understand Their Interaction with Sea Ice: The Arctic Summer-time Cyclones Project and Field Campaign

Posted on 1 May, 2023 by danaallen

By: Ambrogio Volonté Arctic cyclones are the leading type of severe weather system affecting the Arctic Ocean and surrounding land in the summer. They can have serious impacts on sea-ice movement, sometimes resulting in ‘Very Rapid Ice Loss Events’, which … Continue reading →

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Two Flavours of Ocean Temperature Change and the Implication for Reconstructing the History of Ocean Warming

Posted on 13 March, 2023 by danaallen

Introducing Excess and Redistributed Temperatures.  By: Quran Wu Monitoring and understanding ocean heat content change is an essential task of climate science because the ocean stores over 90% of extra heat that is trapped in the Earth system. Ocean warming … Continue reading →

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Using Old Ships To Do New Science

Posted on 6 March, 2023 by danaallen

By: Praveen Teleti Weather Rescue at Sea: its goals and progress update. Observing the environment around us is fundamental to learning about and understanding the natural world. Before the Renaissance, everyday weather was thought to be works of divine or … Continue reading →

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Including Human Behaviour in Models to Understand the Impact of Climate Change on People

Posted on 20 February, 2023 by danaallen

By Megan McGrory In 2020 56% of the global population lived in cities and towns, and they accounted for two-thirds of global energy consumption and over 70% of CO2 emissions. The share of the global population living in urban areas … Continue reading →

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Making Flights Smoother, Safer, and Greener

Posted on 13 February, 2023 by danaallen

By: Paul Williams Atmospheric turbulence is the leading cause of weather-related injuries to air passengers and flight attendants. Bumpy air is estimated to cost the global aviation sector up to $1bn annually, and evidence suggests that climate change is causing … Continue reading →

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From Ürümqi to Minneapolis: Clustering City Climates with Self-Organising Maps

Posted on 6 February, 2023 by danaallen

By: Niall McCarroll As a Research Software Engineer, my job involves developing, testing and maintaining software that scientists can use to analyse earth observation and climate data.  Recently I’ve been developing some software that can be used to visualise climate … Continue reading →

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