In 2009, the combination of a cyclone, atmospheric waves and warm moist air triggered a record-breaking heatwave. It’s happening again.
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Weaker winds and higher temperatures are making airlines less efficient.
The climate is warming, and so basic logic would suggest we should expect fewer bouts of cold weather. Yet severe winter weather, such as the cold wave over the US this year, and the chilly winter of 2009/10…
The storms which have battered the UK over recent weeks can be traced back to a strong front of contrasting temperature between particularly cold air over the north Atlantic, which has also brought extreme…
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Professor of Climate Change Science, Director of the Walker Institute, University of Reading
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Research Fellow, Exeter Climate Systems Group, University of Exeter
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Associate Professor of Aviation and the Environment, Cranfield University
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Reading
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Research Scientist in Climate Variability and Hazards, CSIRO
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Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Weather of the 21st Century, Monash University