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Climate change: every bit of global warming is making floods and droughts worse

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20 October 20227 February 2023

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 >

Climate change: every bit of global warming is making floods and droughts worse

How a deluge of lockdown volunteers rescued UK’s hidden weather history

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25 March 202223 February 2023

When it rains, it pours. Make hay while the sun shines. Save for a rainy day. Come rain or shine. The English language is overflowing with phrases about the weather,…Read More >

How a deluge of lockdown volunteers rescued UK’s hidden weather history

Report from Europe’s flood zone: researcher calls out early warning system gridlock amid shocking loss of life

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20 July 202120 July 2021

It was close to midnight when I received a phone call from my sister telling me that our parent’s house was under water. Neither she nor they really knew what…Read More >

Heatwaves often end with spectacular thunderstorms and lethal floods – but where and when they’ll strike is hard to predict

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13 August 202018 August 2022

If you’re in the UK, you may not have slept well this week. According to the weather gauges at the University of Reading, Tuesday 11 August was the third hottest…Read More >

Climate change: turning up the heat on our health

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17 October 201915 November 2021

We all know that climate change is harming the planet – but what about us? Sarah Harrop reports on a recent public lecture by economist Professor Liz Robinson, in which…Read More >

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