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Climate ‘fingerprints’ mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean

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5 February 20265 February 2026

The world is warming. This fact is most often discussed for the Earth’s surface, where we live. But the climate is also changing from the top of the atmosphere to...Read More >

How a more flexible energy grid can cope better with swings in Britain’s weather

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22 October 202522 October 2025

Thomas Reaubourg/Unsplash For most Brits, January 8 2025 was an uneventful Wednesday, albeit slightly cold. But these low temperatures, coupled with a significant drop in wind speed, contributed to a...Read More >

South Sudan floods: the first example of a mass population permanently displaced by climate change?

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19 September 202419 September 2024

Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South Sudan, as record water-levels in Lake Victoria flow downstream through the Nile. More than 700,000 people have been affected. Hundreds of...Read More >

Inspiring action on climate change through engaging science

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29 August 202413 August 2024

Professor Richard Allan of the Department of Meteorology came runner up in the 2024 Research Awards in Public Engagement for Research, thanks to his efforts using storytelling to communicate climate...Read More >

Why we’re hunting through a century of data from Britain’s northernmost observatory

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26 June 2024

Built in 1913 as a naval radio station, the Shetland Isles’ Met Office at Lerwick provides the temperature reading you see on the top right-hand corner of the UK weather...Read More >

Why does it feel so cold in the UK right now – and when will it warm up?

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29 April 202429 April 2024

It looks like spring, but it doesn’t feel anything like it. The trees have green leaves, the flowers are blooming, yet it’s hard to believe that next week is May,...Read More >

Science shows the severe climate consequences of new fossil fuel extraction

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16 August 20239 August 2023

Although burning fossil fuels has enabled society to develop and flourish, we are now experiencing the unintended side effects.

Why it’s time for new approaches to environmental and health issues in the EU

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28 March 2023

An article recently published in Environmental Science & Policy suggests that current economic approaches to addressing environmental and health issues in the European Union suffer from a lack of imagination,…Read More >

Earth Day 2023 – call for poems

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22 March 202322 March 2023

To celebrate Earth Day on 22 April 2023, we are inviting staff to share their own poems on the theme of ‘re-imagining our world’ and climate research at the University.

Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up

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10 August 202215 February 2023

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 >

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