April 1, 2020
New facility for atmospheric measurements launches
A new research facility will offer scientists access to mobile instrumentation, laboratories and observatories across the world.
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March 26, 2020
Help solve the two-hundred year gap in British weather records
Scientists are appealing to the public to help save historical rainfall records, so that climate scientists can better understand the causes of wet and ...
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March 23, 2020
Why are Atlantic sea temperatures changing, and what does it mean for Britain?
Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis wreaked havoc across Britain this year, causing damage to thousands of homes and businesses, and several deaths.
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January 17, 2020
Clearing up cloudy climate predictions
UK scientists take to the skies as part of an international research campaign to better understand the behaviour of clouds and their role in climate cha...
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January 2, 2020
Climate scientist Ed Hawkins appointed MBE
NCAS’ Professor Ed Hawkins has been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list for his services to climate science and science communication.
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December 13, 2019
12 news stories that defined our year
To mark the twelve days before Christmas, we’re looking back at our top twelve news stories from the past year.
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November 25, 2019
Weather in Malaysia provides early winter forecasts
Scientists have uncovered a new link between conditions in the tropics and the weather in Europe.
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November 13, 2019
New holographic system will capture images of entire cloud droplet populations in high resolution
Researchers from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science are developing new holographic imaging systems for studying cloud particles in the laboratory.
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November 1, 2019
Latest weather data added to popular open-access dataset
Earlier this year the Met Office released the MIDAS Open database, a publically available version of a popular dataset containing ho...
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October 10, 2019
Why climate science needs to learn from risk assessment
Climate scientists need to spend more time considering all plausible future climate scenarios rather than just the most likely, argues Professor
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September 30, 2019
Taking a closer look at Europe’s future winters
Wetter winters across northern Europe and drier winters across southern Europe are expected towards the end of this century. But the scale
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September 18, 2018
Ed Hawkins’ warming stripes add colour to climate communication
Communicating about climate change can be challenging, but Professor Ed Hawkins has shown that simple data visualisations can capture people’s attention