The UK’s environmental movement has a long history of using protest as a strategy. Disruption is often at the heart of this, either disrupting infrastructure projects themselves in an attempt…Read More >
Environment
Climate change: every bit of global warming is making floods and droughts worse
You only have to recall the series of recent climate extremes – devastating monsoon floods in Pakistan, coastal and urban inundation from Hurricane Ian’s deluge, storm surges across the Caribbean…Read More >
Why the drought isn’t over even though it’s rained all week
Only a few days into autumn, and the UK has experienced some truly autumnal weather. Heavy bands of rain and thunderstorms have swept over parts of Britain, particularly in southern…Read More >
Monitoring climate change from space
It’s never been more crucial to undertake a full medical check-up for planet Earth, and satellite instruments provide an essential technological tool for monitoring the pace of climate change, the…Read More >
Drought: heavy rain now might be a serious problem for the UK’s parched landscape
This year, World Water Week (23 August – 1 September) focuses on Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water. This article by Rob Thompson, Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Meteorology at…Read More >
Britain’s notoriously wet and cold climate is changing – you won’t like what replaces it
The UK had the driest start to a year since the 1970s in 2022, with large parts of southern England receiving less than 50% of their normal winter rainfall. On top of…Read More >
Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up
Sleeping at the height of summer can sometimes feel impossible. And with gruelling heatwaves becoming more common, the nights can be sweltering, with no cooling breeze to relieve the discomfort. At…Read More >
Four things cool countries can learn from hot ones about dealing with heatwaves
With our planet heating up, we all need help coping with increasing temperatures in our day-to-day lives. The UK provisionally recorded its highest ever temperature, 40.3℃, on July 19 2022, and records…Read More >
What is the World Climate Research Programme and why do we need it?
My schedule last week was rather awry. Over four days I took part in a meeting of 50 or so climate scientists from around the world. Because of the need…Read More >
