Global #climate hazards UK Health Security Agency 11th Jul 2025: 🌧️ floods China, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, Colombia, Ecuador, USA, Nigeria 🌀 tropical cyclone DANAS China/Taiwan 🔥 wildfire France, Spain, Syria ⛈️ storms Italy, Romania, USA met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/extr…

We all need to grow fig trees, though maybe wait for peer review? newscientist.com/article/248711…

Global #climate hazards UK Health Security Agency 18 Jul 2025: 🔥 #wildfires Canada, USA, Spain 🌧️ #floods & landslides China, Nepal, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Mexico, USA, Ecuador, Spain, Sudan 🌪️ tornado New Zealand ⚡ lightning eastern USA met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/extr…

As a hosepipe ban kicks in over parts of Reading we look at how this summer so far compares to the UK’s infamous hot, dry summer of 1976 in this week’s Reading Meteorology blog: blogs.reading.ac.uk/weather-and-cl…

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Global #climate hazards UK Health Security Agency 25th July 2025: 🌧️ #floods across Pakistan, China, South Korea 🔥 #wildfires in Greece, Cyprus, Turkey 🥀 #drought affects Iran ⛈️ storms hit Ethiopia, France, Romania, Thailand, Vietnam 🌀 typhoon Co-may hits Philippines met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/extr…

Unprecedented continental drying since 2002 based on satellite data and dominated by high-latitude water loss, intense Central American/European #drought & groundwater depletion: doi.org/10.1126/sciadv… Consistent with earlier work: doi.org/10.1007/s10712…

2 weeks ago BBC News (UK) made a decidedly dodgy claim about EVs: "The average price of a new EV in the UK is nearly double the cost of a typical petrol car at £22k" This was categorically wrong, and we're pleased to say our request for a correction has been successful

Nice to see Met Office & BBC are best of friends again! 🧡

Our tenacious ten (plus photo muggins) unlittered Lower Caversham, collecting 8 large/13 small bags, N2O canisters and reported flytipping LoveCleanStreets. Thanks to our The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award volunteer. Find out more about our group online! met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Interesting New Scientist article on unpublished research University of Exeter implying wildfires may be increasing due to more UV radiation making trees more flammable - I wonder if declining aerosol particle pollution plays a role though it’s not mentioned? newscientist.com/article/249179…

▶️ The 2024 BulletinAMS State of the Climate Assessment is now available! Earth’s greenhouse gas concentrations were the highest on record and record temperatures were notable across the globe. Learn more: bit.ly/4mk41xk #StateoftheClimate #StateoftheClimate2024

Global #climate hazards UK Health Security Agency 15th Aug 2025: 🔥 #heatwave & #wildfires grip southern Europe 🌧️ #floods & landslides affect Pakistan, India, China, Japan, Mexico, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Nigeria 🌀 tropical cyclone PODUL hits Taiwan/China met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/extr…

Calling all past Mets! As we celebrate 100 years of Uni of Reading we invite you to take part in our Alumni Centenary Census. Your story is an important part of the University's legacy — and that's why we want to hear from you. Add your voice today: rdg.ac/censusln

Global #climate hazards UK Health Security Agency 8th Sept 2025: 🌀tropical cyclone TAPAH China, Philippines; 🌧️#floods & landslides Vietnam, northern India, Pakistan, Yemen, South Sudan, Sudan, Nigeria, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, USA; 🌩️storms Italy, Japan 🔥#wildfire USA met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/extr…

Global #climate hazards UK Health Security Agency 12th September 2025: 🌧️ #flooding & landslides affect Gambia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan & Thailand 🌪️ storms hit Japan 🍞 food insecurity for Guatemala, Madagascar, Mozambique, Gaza 🔥 #wildfire in USA met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/extr…

After storm not-Amy we now have storm not-ExHumberto

Monitoring changes in UK temperature To (almost) no-one’s surprise, multiple sources of data agree on the long-term trends in UK temperatures. climatelabbook.substack.com/p/monitoring-c…

FACTCHECK: Claire Coutinho claims UK gas power only costs £55/MWh… …but she is ignoring a few small details: 🤫 Gas prices always rise in winter 🤫 Gas plants cost money to build 🤫 CO2 causes economic damages THREAD with receipts 1/8

Well done Liz Allan !