December 4, 2020
The future of our forests: climate change and trees
As our climate continues to warm, forests are on the front line of the crisis. Forest loss is both a cause and an effect of climate change.
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December 2, 2020
Greenland ice sheet faces irreversible melting
Climate change could lead to irreversible sea level rise as temperatures continue to rise and the Greenland ice sheet continues to decline.
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October 21, 2020
Waking up to the realities of climate change: The UK is at risk but not yet resilient
Current global pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions aren’t yet enough to keep global temperature rise below 2°C, and warming levels of 3°C or more...
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September 18, 2020
Making climate science into classical music
A team of researchers have used an innovative technique to create music from climate data.
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August 6, 2020
Latest climate change report bolstered by citizen scientist efforts during COVID-19 lockdown
The latest Met Office ‘State of the UK Climate 2019’ report shows climate change is exerting increasing influence on the UK’s climate.
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June 1, 2020
Scientists produce a clearer image of climate change
A team of scientists have produced a way to visualise the results from seven different global climate models.
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April 24, 2020
The global dataset helping scientists monitor climate change
One of the most widely used climate datasets has released its biggest update since 2013.
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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 16, 2020
Confirmation that 2019 concludes warmest decade on record
The annual global temperature figures for 2019 confirm that the past decade was the warmest on record.
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December 6, 2019
Slowdown in rising greenhouse gases does not negate the long-term trend, finds global carbon budg...
This year’s rise in greenhouse gas emissions continued to increase, meaning the world is still not on track to pursue the 1.5C goal of the Paris Agreeme...
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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 7, 2019
Preserving historic weather records to help predict future climate
On World Digital Preservation Day (Thursday 7 November 2019) the data conservation community will come together to celebrate the collections they