It was only about six months ago when the US Northeast was the focus of our attention in Weather and Climate Discussion. Hurricane Sandy, also known as the “Frankenstorm”, brought … Continue reading “8-9 February 2013 Winter Storm in the US Northeast”
I recently organised a stakeholder engagement event on “floods and droughts – what can the latest science tell us?” which involved over 20 researchers from across the Met Department (see … Continue reading “Stakeholder event on floods and droughts”
Given the fact we had about a week of lying snow last month, and that I’ve already been asked ‘is that it for this winter?’, I thought some statistics on … Continue reading “Deep and crisp and even”
From the early 1990s, high levels of tree mortality have been observed across large areas of forest in North America infested by species of bark beetles. The majority of the … Continue reading “Mountain Pine Beetles, Climate and the Carbon Cycle”