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Britain’s relentless rain shows climate predictions playing out as expected

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17 February 202617 February 2026

Large parts of the UK are experiencing relentless rainfall, with some places seeing rain for 41 consecutive days and counting. In Reading, in the south east of England, our university’s...Read More >

How diverse voices are transforming the UN’s climate science

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11 February 202618 February 2026

An environmental expert from Nigeria, a climate policy consultant from Kenya, an oceanographer from Indonesia and an Indigenous social development specialist from the Philippines will are among dozens of experts...Read More >

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 >

Climate education proposals will prepare young people in England for changing careers and society

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9 January 20268 January 2026

The review of the national curriculum and assessment in England has proposed three big sets of changes for climate education. First, to prepare learners for a changing world, it suggests...Read More >

Hurricane Melissa is a warning – why violent storms are increasingly catching the world off guard

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30 October 202530 October 2025

Hurricane Melissa making landfall with Jamaica | ESA Hurricane Melissa is tearing through the Caribbean, bringing record-breaking wind and torrential rain to Jamaica – the island’s first ever category 5...Read More >

The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye

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23 October 20254 November 2025

River Wye. Photo by Mike Erskine on Unsplash The River Wye used to be full of wild salmon. Today it is full of algae. And the meandering waterway which has...Read More >

UK air quality is improving but pollution targets are still being breached – new study

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18 July 202518 July 2025

An estimated 4.2 million deaths can be attributed to poor air quality each year. Poor air quality is the largest fixable environmental public health risk in the world. Our new...Read More >

Cleaner air in east Asia has driven recent acceleration in global warming – new study

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16 July 202521 November 2025

Listen to Laura Wilcox discuss the topic on The Conversation Weekly Podcast with host, Gemma Ware. (20 Nov 2025) Global warming has picked up pace since around 2010, leading to...Read More >

COP29: How fast is Earth warming?

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22 November 202419 December 2024

In September 1933, American meteorologist Joseph Kincer asked a simple question: is the climate changing? So began the effort to understand the scope of humanity’s interference with the climate. By...Read More >

Will the Earth warm by 2°C or 5.5°C? Either way it’s bad, and trying to narrow it down may be a distraction

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18 October 202425 October 2024

Climate change is usually discussed in terms of rising temperatures. But scientists often use a different measure, known as “equilibrium climate sensitivity”. This is defined as the global mean warming...Read More >

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