Weatherwatch: Space rockets helping trigger noctilucent clouds
Research shows strong correlation between summer launches and the frequency of the wispy silvery-blue phenomenon
June 2024
Science Weekly
Are cold and wet UK summers here to stay? - podcast
First Edition newsletter
Wednesday briefing: Why the UK is so chilly this June – and why it won’t get much warmer any time soon
May 2024
Millions in US face extreme-heat threat as experts urge better protections
Recommendations include heat forecasts and outdoor-worker safeguards to prevent thousands of deaths and injuries
Northern lights across UK may happen again soon, experts predict
Extreme geomagnetic storm that lit up skies last weekend could recur as 11-year solar cycle reaches its peak
How can I see the northern lights in the UK tonight?
Northern lights illuminate skies in UK and Europe – in pictures
Northern lights dazzle over UK, Europe and across the hemisphere
April 2024
‘It bust loose and went to Europe’: Florida buoy washes up in Scotland
Navigation buoy sailed 4,000 miles across Atlantic, joining storied history of wrecks upon shores of tiny Scottish island of Eriskay
March 2024
Country diary
Country diary: A brilliant flash of luck as I was looking west
Holyhead, Anglesey: The ‘green flash’ phenomenon is rarely seen, and is as beautiful as you might expect, but also strangely discomfiting
February 2024
The perfect storm for small talk? Weather forecasters aim at long-range accuracy
In the 70s, weather forecasts were accurate just one or two days ahead. Now a specialist university project at Reading is trying to get them right a month into the future
Atmospheric river storms are getting stronger, and deadlier. The race to understand them is on
As the climate crisis supercharges storms over the Pacific, scientists are creating tools that can measure them from the inside
Hurricanes becoming so strong that new category needed, study says
Scientists propose new category 6 rating to classify ‘mega-hurricanes’, becoming more likely due to climate crisis
January 2024
The rural network
Doubt and flooding rains: how an unusual El Niño has affected Australian farmers
Unpredictable weather patterns have made farmers cautious, with drought still on horizon despite record summer rainfalls
December 2023
Mysteries of the cold: the snowflake expert who fears a warmer world
Village in Ireland hit by ‘possible tornado’ as high winds damage cars and homes
November 2023
World ill-prepared to stop climate crisis reversing progress on health, says study
UN meteorological body finds health experts have access to heat warning services in only half of affected countries
October 2023
The big idea
The big idea: can we predict the climate of the future?
We’re pouring money into computer models – but could they lead us astray?
September 2023
Heat denial: influencers question validity of high temperatures
Tweet viewed millions of times claimed ground temperature was being confused with air temperature
August 2023
‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate?
Extreme weather is ‘smacking us in the face’ with worse to come, but a ‘tiny window’ of hope remains, say leading climate scientists
