Category Archives: Climate

Advancing Mesoscale Process Representation in Ocean Models with Machine Learning

By: Dr. Anna Denvil-Sommer Mesoscale eddies, which are swirling, whirlpool-like motions, play a critical role in ocean circulation and the global energy budget. At scales of 10 to 300 km, these dynamic features transfer hydrographic properties (physical and chemical characteristics … Continue reading

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Climate Ambassadors and the future of Climate Education

By: Prof. Andrew Charlton-Perez As some of you may be aware, it’s been an exciting time recently for work on climate education and it’s something that the University has been increasingly involved in. I’ve taken the opportunity of writing the … Continue reading

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Why should we keep working on theory and fluid dynamics in climate sciences?

By: Prof. David Ferreira Recently, a colleague pointed out that, in the Northern Hemisphere subtropics, the winds blow eastward around 30-40N (the jet stream), and westward around 20-10N (the trade winds), and these winds make the ocean spin in the … Continue reading

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Land Surface water controls on Atmospheric CO2 growth

By: Prof. Keith Haines and Samantha Petch Atmospheric CO2 levels are rising every year, primarily due to human activities, Fig 1. However, the rate of this increase does vary significantly from year to year, not because of human emissions, but … Continue reading

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Exploring history and colonialism in my approach to climate science research

By: Prof. Joy Singarayer It is broadly acknowledged that colonialism and imperialism hold much responsibility in the causes of the climate crisis. The aggressive and unsustainable extraction of resources from colonized regions laid the ground for today’s economic reliance on … Continue reading

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Air Quality in a UK Town – A 10-year case study

by: Dr. James Weber Air quality (AQ), and the policies enacted to improve it, is becoming an increasingly important issue. It is also becoming increasingly politicised; exemplified by arguments over clean air zones like London’s ULEZ, low traffic neighbourhoods and … Continue reading

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Tackling The Eddy-Permitting Grey Zone

By: Dr. Thomas Wilder The term “numerical grey zone” might seem abstract to many, but for those involved in atmospheric and oceanic modeling, it represents a challenging predicament. The numerical grey zone describes any numerical model that can resolve processes … Continue reading

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The Met Department Research Away-Day makes a return!

By: Dr. Patrick C. McGuire  After a hiatus of 10 years, the Met Department has held a Research Away-Day once again. Over 150 Away-Day participants sauntered all the way to the Palmer Building. The Palmer Building is still on the … Continue reading

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Can data assimilation be useful for estimating sea ice model parameters?

By: Dr. Yumeng Chen “The world is not perfect. Every measurement should come with an error bar.” This is what I learned before I stepped into the fluid dynamics lab as a student many years ago. This statement still echoes … Continue reading

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“Atmospheric Electricity for Climate project” is on Zooniverse

By: Dr. Hripsime Mkrtchyan, Prof. Giles Harrison, Prof. Keri Nicoll  AtmosEleC – Atmospheric Electricity for Climate is a digitisation project designed to help researchers investigate the connections between atmospheric electricity and climate change. It has recently been launched on Zooniverse … Continue reading

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