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Hazy city skyline with smoke from wildfires;

September 21, 2023

International team of scientists probe the causes of air pollution in North America

Researchers tracked air pollution emissions across North America as part of a six-week study in Toronto.

#Air Pollution #Air Pollution in Urban Areas

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September 19, 2023

Scientists use biofuel to power storm-tracking weather radar for the first time

Scientists used biofuel-powered weather radar for the first time this summer, to observe stormy conditions in a more environmentally sustainable way.

#Atmospheric Measurement and Observation Facility #Climate and High-impact Weather #Environmental Sustainability

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September 8, 2023

FAAM Airborne Laboratory shares live data for more accurate weather forecasting

The FAAM Airborne Laboratory now has the capability to share live weather data as it flies, directly to the Met Office for use in weather forecasting.

#FAAM Airborne Laboratory

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September 1, 2023

Frequency of flash droughts could more than double with climate change

Agricultural flash droughts are set to double in frequency for parts of Europe, South America and Africa in the coming decades with climate change.

#Climate and High-impact Weather #Long-term Global Change

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August 24, 2023

Deprived communities in England experience higher emissions of air pollution from all major sources

Air quality scientists demonstrate that the most deprived areas in England experience the highest levels of air pollution emissions.

#Air Pollution #Air Pollution in Urban Areas #Emissions

August 18, 2023

Southern Alaska acts as a source of climate-important dust

Large-scale dust storms in Southern Alaska have a bigger than expected impact on the global climate system.

#Climate and High-impact Weather #Climate Projections

Flood waters surrounding blocks of flats.

August 10, 2023

Typhoons and climate change: what’s causing the floods in East Asia?

We asked researchers at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science to explain what typhoons are, and what effect climate change is having on them.

#Climate and High-impact Weather

Two people planting seedlings into a raised bed in a tree nursery in Kenya.

August 7, 2023

Drought forecasts for humanitarian action and elephant conservation in Africa

Researchers have successfully implemented a forecasting tool to assess the risk of droughts occurring across Africa.

#Heatwaves and Droughts

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August 2, 2023

Mapping our research aircraft’s boundary layer

The FAAM Airborne Laboratory commissioned BAE Systems to complete a Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis project, which visualises the research aircraf...

#FAAM Airborne Laboratory

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August 2, 2023

How the climate crisis is fuelling heatwaves and wildfires across Europe

As temperatures remain high and deadly heatwaves and wildfires are now ongoing across Europe, as well as other regions around the world, the conditions ...

#Heatwaves and Droughts