Each term a review of the global climate during the past season takes place, organised at the University of Reading by Mike Blackburn (NCAS-Climate). The seasonal climate discussion for summer 2010 took place on the 26th November. The aim was to discuss physical factors that may have influenced the seasonal climate in different parts of […]

Throughout the summer I have updated the blog on the progress of the hurricane season. Now, and assuming that the season is over, it is time to look at the full picture and summarize the main features. In the figure below the tracks of the 19 storms that developed in the season are shown. The […]

Over the course of two days starting on 8th November around 150 people gathered in the hallowed halls of the Royal Society to debate the future. And not just any future. It is a future humanity as a whole has difficulty grasping, and even more difficulty changing. The title of the discussion meeting was ‘Geoengineering: […]

It was a mild October’s day in Reading and the time had finally come for the eagerly anticipated MSc trip to Dorset, the aim being to ‘experience the weather’.  With the promise of weather, countryside walks, beer, and the odd balloon, spirits were high. We set off at lunchtime with the WCD forecast fresh in […]

Without meaning to offend anyone with a penchant for cloudy, calm weather with very little temperature fluctuation, I think it’s safe to say that October wasn’t the most interesting of months meteorologically speaking, a fact that was illustrated nicely in WCD today. As a result, I thought I’d take the opportunity to look at a […]