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By Dr. Rob Thompson (University of Reading) 29th July 2014 A month ago the SINATRA and FRANC projects had a combined meeting in Reading, all set to discuss integration and…Read More >

  By Andrew Oxley (University of Surrey) 25th July 2014 This last year some areas of Britain have seen some very damaging floods. Brief periods of intense rainfall can lead…Read More >

By David McDonald (British Geological Survey) 18nd July 2014 What the floods of early 2014 managed to do was to get lots of people thinking about groundwater’s role in flooding…Read More >

By David Flack (University of Reading) 2nd July 2014 We are now a month into summer (June, July and August as defined by meteorologists) so convective events (showers, Thunderstorms, etc.)…Read More >

By Dr. Matt Perks (Newcastle University) 19th June 2014 The weekend of the 7th and 8th June 2014 saw a severe weather warning of heavy rain issued by the Met…Read More >

By Dr. Oscar Martinez-Alvarado (University of Reading)  13th June 2014 In sunny days like those we are experiencing right now it is easy to forget the risk of flooding. However, we…Read More >

By Prof. Dragan Savic FREng (University of Exeter)  10th June 2014 The winter storms of last winter have been exceptional in their duration and intensity, and have led to the wettest…Read More >

By Prof. Hayley Fowler (Newcastle University) & Dr. Elizabeth Kendon (Met Office Hadley Centre) 4th June 2014 Our study, recently published in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows the first evidence…Read More >

By Dr. Robert Plant (University of Reading) 23rd May 2014 Here are three snapshots of the rain rate over the southern part of the UK, obtained from the radar network….Read More >

By Eleanor Starkey, Dr. Geoff Parkin and Dr. Matt Perks (Newcastle University) 19th May 2014 The Haltwhistle Burn catchment (Northumberland) is predominantly rural, 42km2 in size and is situated in…Read More >