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Wildfires have ignited in forests and on moorland across the UK in recent months. LSP EM/Shutterstock

May 12, 2025

How the weather got ‘stuck’ over the UK – and produced an unusually dry and warm spring

Simon H. Lee, University of St Andrews and Matthew Patterson, University of St Andrews

‘April showers’ were few and far between in 2025.

Le climat se réchauffe trop vite pour que les modèles climatiques et météorologiques puissent pleinement en tenir compte. Andreas Thaller/Alamy Stock Photo

September 2, 2024

Événements météorologiques extrêmes : le pire reste à venir

Simon H. Lee, University of St Andrews; Hayley J. Fowler, Newcastle University, and Paul Davies, Newcastle University

Les records de températures, d’orages violents et d’inondations révèlent de nouveaux extrêmes rendus possibles par le changement climatique.

Andreas Thaller/Alamy Stock Photo

July 30, 2024

The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme weather could get

Simon H. Lee, University of St Andrews; Hayley J. Fowler, Newcastle University, and Paul Davies, Newcastle University

Record heat, storms and floods reveal new extremes made possible by climate change.

Braemar, Aberdeenshire, which recorded the UK’s lowest temperature since 1995. Jane Barlow/PA

February 12, 2021

Climate change is making extreme cold much less likely, despite the UK plummeting to ‑23°C

Simon H. Lee, University of Reading

Centuries of weather data puts Britain’s cold snap in historical perspective.

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