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Met Office: 2016 to be hottest year on record
NEWS: Next year “likely to be at least as warm, if not warmer” says UK weather agency, with temperatures predicted to be 0.84C above 1961-90 average
World ‘beyond return’ of historic carbon dioxide milestone
Record surge in CO2 through 2015 and 2016 saw atmospheric concentrations rise fast than 2 parts per million average to well above 400ppm
WMO urges emissions cuts as atmospheric CO2 levels break records
NEWS: Carbon dioxide levels in the air passed 400ppm globally in April. That will soon be a “permanent reality”, says UN agency
Met Office: 2014 ties with 2010 for hottest year
NEWS: UK meteorological agency joins NASA, NOAA and Japanese forecasters in saying global temperatures hit record high in 2014
From buckets to beehives: how scientists collect climate data
ANALYSIS: From old seafarers to modern scientists, RTCC looks at the past and the present of temperature records
Halloween could be UK’s hottest ever
NEWS: October 31 will be frightfully hot, according to the UK’s Met Office
UK set for driest September since records began
NEWS: Provisional Met Office figures suggest that this September will be UK’s driest since at least 1910
Climate change to increase UK flash flood risk – study
NEWS: Chances of potentially dangerous levels of heavy rain likely to increase says Met Office
UK Met Office links heavy rains to climate change
Scientists say evidence supports theory that exceptionally wet and stormy winter is caused at least in part by climate change
UK suffers the stormiest December since 1969
Storms blast through the UK with renewed vigour, causing flooding and transport problems across the country
UK’s chief climate scientist honoured by government
Tuesday’s top five: Julia Slingo appointed Dame, Abbott advisor cans climate science, New York City slashes emissions
Global warming ‘slowdowns’ will be frequent say UK scientists
Met Office summary for UN climate summit reveals recent pause in temperature rise not unusual, with more likely in future
Met Office: Arctic Sea ice is declining
Sea Ice Scientist Ann Keen says variations in ice coverage is ‘not unexpected’ but long term projections see thickness and area diminishing
Climate change a factor in UK’s unusual weather – Met Office
Workshop concludes with unusual seasons pinned on newly discovered cycle in ocean temperatures, climate change and a number of other factors
Climate science and politics – where two worlds collide
Former UK climate diplomat John Ashton says climate scientists must actively communicate their findings – but under certain conditions
Climate change linked to 2011 East Africa drought
UK Met Office report suggests human influence affected rainy seasons in East Africa ahead of catastrophic drought
Former Met Office chief says 2°C climate target missed
Lord Hunt says while a political solution will be found, it will come too late to stay with the safe limit of warming
Do oceans hold the key to global warming?
Warming may be slower than some experts had predicted, but many believe this is because the oceans are soaking up the extra heat
Expert view: Has global warming stopped?
Climate scientists explain why the planet is still warming, despite new data from the UK Met Office suggesting it has slowed
UK Met Office dismisses reports that global warming has stopped
Slow response from organisation to media reports draws criticism for delay
2012 England’s wettest year on record
Met Office reports UK’s second wettest year since 1910, warning that extreme rainfall, possibly as a result of climate change, is likely to become more frequent
2013 to be one of top ten warmest years recorded: Met Office
UK’s meteorological service issues 2013 global temperature prediction with possibility of record breaking year.
UK offshore wind output increases by 54%
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