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Volcanic monitoring

Techniques have been proposed, developed and implemented to improve the monitoring of active volcanoes using radars that give operational warnings of eruptions and safe 'all-clears' following activity. To date, their...Read More >

Sting jets

In the early hours of the 16 October 1987, a now infamous storm caused a swathe of damage across southeast England and northern France, resulting in the deaths of 18...Read More >

Storm tracking

Research on tracking storms has been used to develop a storm-tracking and analysis software package, known as TRACK. This has found widespread applications, particularly in weather forecasting, climate model development...Read More >

Africa Climate Exchange

Around 19 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa are threatened by severe food shortages, with over four million people currently malnourished. There are a number of factors which contribute to this...Read More >

The Africa Climate Exchange: Niger

In Niger, AfClix activities continue to unite researchers from very different areas, all with the common aim to move resilience from theory to reality and to enable policymakers to learn,...Read More >

The Africa Climate Exchange: Senegal

In one pilot project funded by the Climate & Development Knowledge Network, the Senegal Meteorological Service (ANACIM) working with the Red Cross and community leaders, is relaying weather information to...Read More >

The Africa Climate Exchange: Sudan

In Sudan, AfClix is setting up a new partnership between NCAS-Climate with Practical Action, climate departments in a number of Khartoum universities and the University of Oklahoma to extend the...Read More >

Predicting drought

Robust rainfall monitoring is helping to mitigate climate-related risks in African countries There are more than 200 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa who depend on rain-fed subsistence agriculture; rainfall…Read More >

The butterfly effect

Research at Reading is shaping new approaches in environmental policy-making, and furthering the way for butterfly conservation.