Boxing Day 2020 was so blustery that more than half of the UK’s daily electricity was met by wind power for the first time. Just over a week later, the wind died…Read More >
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Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme Showcase 2020
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) offers undergraduate students the chance to gain hands-on research experience on projects covering all disciplines across University. These projects take the form of a…Read More >
Monsoon flooding in Bangladesh: how forecasting can help protect lives and livelihoods
The impacts of the 2020 monsoon floods in Bangladesh were devastating with more than 5 million people affected, 41 deaths and tens of thousands of people from low-lying areas being…Read More >
Meteorology Masterclass: Sub-seasonal predictions for European winter
SPEAKER | Rob Lee: University of Reading / NCAS Research Scientist Royal Meteorological Society / University of Reading webinar series on Winter Storms in European Weather and Climate Winter storms…Read More >
Oxford Science and Ideas Festival
The Beware: Floods Ahead! exhibit is going online at the Oxford Ideas Festival. Mixing maths with poetry and climate science with geography: be the flood judge, create your ‘climate stripes’,…Read More >
Meteorology Masterclass: The impact of climate change on winter storms
SPEAKER | Len Shaffrey: University of Reading / NCAS Professor of Climate Science Royal Meteorological Society / University of Reading webinar series on Winter Storms in European Weather and Climate…Read More >
Meteorology Masterclass: Synoptic storms in the North Atlantic
SPEAKER | Helen Dacre, Professor in Dynamical Meteorology, University of Reading Royal Meteorological Society / University of Reading webinar series on Winter Storms in European Weather and Climate Winter storms…Read More >
Weathering the storm – masterclasses in Meteorology
European winter weather is dominated by the action of synoptic-scale systems, such as cyclonic “storms” and the anticyclonic “blocks” that can stop their progress. From cold-snaps such as 2018’s Beast…Read More >
Cold war nuclear tests changed rainfall thousands of miles away
It’s difficult to imagine quite how alarming it would have been for the world’s meteorologists monitoring the atmosphere during the nuclear tests in the 1950s and early 60s. The radioactivity…Read More >
How much do clouds weigh?
Torben, aged 10, from London wrote to The Conversation to ask ‘How much do clouds weigh? Dr Rob Thompson from the Meteorology Department responded, explaining how maths coupled with information…Read More >
