Tag Archives: global warming

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a changing climate

Posted on 2 May, 2024 by Met Office Press Office

For 20 years, an array of instruments strung across the North Atlantic has been monitoring the strength of one of the largest and most important systems of ocean currents in the world. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which includes … Continue reading →

The risk of wildfires in a changing climate

Posted on 1 March, 2024 by Met Office Press Office

Fires can be a natural and positive part of the healthy functioning of many ecosystems. However, the pattern of large or unusual fires – known as wildfires – is changing, and there is scientific consensus that climate change is promoting … Continue reading →

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Summer temperature 2018 – the ‘new normal’?

Posted on 27 July, 2018 by Met Office Press Office

The Met Office Chief Scientist, Professor Stephen Belcher, appeared on BBC Newsnight on Tuesday evening to talk about current extreme temperatures and climate change. The interviewer Emily Maitlis asked if the current hot temperatures we are seeing can be considered the … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office in the Media, Met Office News | Tagged 2018 summer, Arctic, climate, climate change, climate science, CMIP5, CRUTEM4, global temperatures, global warming, Grantham Institute, heatwave, Imperial College London, Japan, Japan temperatures, Jet stream, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, Professor Brian Hoskins, Professor Stephen Belcher, record, UK heatwave, Universty of Reading | 5 Comments

Weather ready, Climate smart

Posted on 23 March, 2018 by Met Office Press Office

Weather-Ready, Climate-Smart’ is the theme for World Meteorological Day being marked around the globe today. As the UK’s national meteorological service, we’re at the forefront of weather and climate science, with wide-ranging capabilities and areas of cutting edge expertise used … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged climate change, climate science, climate-smart, global warming, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, National Severe Weather Warning Service, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, weather-ready, world met day, World Meteorological Day, World Meteorological Organization | Comments Off

Discussion of land ecosystem changes in the IPCC 5th Assessment Report

Posted on 20 October, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Climate change is a globally complex issue and there are genuine areas of uncertainty and scientific controversy. However with an increase in record temperatures, the melting of Arctic ice and a rise in CO2 there is little doubt our climate … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged carbon accumulation in vegetation, carbon dioxide, climate change, climate science, CO2 levels, Global Greening, global warming, Met Office Hadley Centre, photosynthesis, rise in CO2 | 16 Comments

Reporting the weather across the UK

Posted on 8 January, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

December 2015 was the wettest calendar month for the UK in a series of monthly weather records stretching back to 1910. But why does the Met Office state 1910 when listing records, especially when some records existed well before that … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged Central England Temperature, climate change, England, England and Wales precipitaion series, Environment Agency, flood, flooding, forecast, global warming, heavy rain, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, rain, rainfall, record, Scotland, statistics, UK, wet | 9 Comments

The science questions following a global deal on climate

Posted on 15 December, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

There has been a huge amount of worldwide media coverage following the weekend’s announcement of a globally agreed deal to try to limit global warming to 2 °C or less. Here Professor Stephen Belcher, the Director of the Met Office’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged climate, climate change, climate science, climate summit, CO2, COP21, forecast, global warming, greenhouse gases, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, Paris summit, temperature, UK | 47 Comments

Did climate change have an impact on Storm Desmond?

Posted on 7 December, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

The exceptional rainfall in Cumbria over the past few days saw the fall of numerous records and has led many to ask whether it is linked to climate change. The records are based on digitised data going back to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged climate, climate change, climate science, Cumbria, England, Environment Agency, flood, flooding, forecast, gales, global warming, heavy rain, Honister, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, rainfall, record, Scotland, severe weather, statistics, storms, temperature, Thirlmere, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind, Winter | 28 Comments

2015 likely to be the warmest on record

Posted on 25 November, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

This year’s global average surface temperature is likely to be the warmest on record according to data from the Met Office, and is expected to continue the trend showing 15 of the top 16 warmest years have happened since 2001. … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged climate, climate change, climate science, El Nino, global average temperatures, global temperature, global warming, hadcrut4, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, NASA, NASA GISS, NOAA, record, statistics, temperature, WMO, World Meteorological Organization | 38 Comments

So what happened to our summer?

Posted on 28 August, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

Our Chief Scientist Professor Dame Julia Slingo OBE FRS reflects on this summer’s weather and what has influenced it: No-one can deny that we have had a pretty disappointing summer with a lot of unsettled weather and only a few … Continue reading →

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