Monthly Archives: June 2019

How climate modelling can help us better understand the historical temperature evolution

Posted on 24 June, 2019 by danaallen

By: Andrea Dittus Figure 1: Annual global mean surface temperatures from NASA GISTemp, NOAA GlobalTemp, Hadley/UEA HadCRUT4, Berkeley Earth, Cowtan and Way, Copernicus/ECMWF and Carbon Brief’s raw temperature record. Anomalies plotted with respect to a 1981-2010 baseline. Figure and caption from Carbon Brief (https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-how-world-warmed-2018). Earth’s climate has warmed … Continue reading →

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The OpenIFS User Workshop

Posted on 17 June, 2019 by danaallen

By Bob Plant I’ve been asked to write a blog post to go live on 17 June, the opening day of the 2019 OpenIFS user workshop. As I’m involved in the organisation, it would almost seem strange not to talk … Continue reading →

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Climate Action by Reducing Digital Waste

Posted on 10 June, 2019 by danaallen

By: John Methven Climate action has never been higher on the global agenda. There is a pressing need to change our activities and habits, both at work and home, to steer towards a more sustainable future. National governments, public sector … Continue reading →

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Teaching in China and some Good and Bad Teaching Practices

Posted on 3 June, 2019 by danaallen

By: Hilary Weller In April 2019 I visited the Nanjing University Institute of Information, Science and Technology (NUIST) where students are studying for a degree in Meteorology jointly between Reading and NUIST. Staff from Reading visit a couple of times … Continue reading →

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