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The rise of new ozone-damaging gases

March 9, 2015
Short lived gases - previously thought to have little effect on the environment - can contribute to ozone depletion and influence climate.A team of researchers at Leeds’ University School of...

Gee-whiz science yields high res climate models

November 21, 2014
A climate scientist has used the powerful supercomputers at Berkeley Laboratory to carry out ‘gee-whiz science’, producing high resolution models predicting extreme storms caused by climate change. These models, developed...

Weather forecasting set to improve

October 29, 2014
A new £97m supercomputer could put an end to the complaints about weather forecasting accuracy. The computer – to be housed at the Met Office headquarters in Exeter and the...

New threat to ozone layer

September 17, 2014
The Antarctic ozone hole is beginning to show signs of recovery, but a new threat is lurking suggests a report from the United Nations: “new” CFCs discovered in the atmosphere....

Winter weather set to get more erratic

September 12, 2014
Extreme variations in pressure over the North Atlantic are responsible for our increasingly erratic winter weather. Conditions in the UK range from mild, wet and stormy, to incredibly cold and...

Ancient shellfish provide clues to El Niño history

August 22, 2014
New insight into the El Niño Southern Oscillation has been provided by 25-foot piles of ancient shellfish remains. Researchers analysing the shells have found El Niños 10,000 years ago were...

Svalbard reindeer numbers on the rise

July 23, 2014
In an unexpected twist, climate change is having a positive effect on the Norwegian reindeers of Svalbard. Populations in the Arctic Archipelago are thriving because of rising temperatures, with number...

Cloud formation slowed by biodiesel emission

July 14, 2014
Global cloud formation and rainfall could be more dramatically and unexpectedly affected by the increasing use of biodiesel than first thought suggests new research from the Institut Laue-Langevin. Emissions of...

Global warming favours light-coloured insects

July 7, 2014
A warming European climate has led to lighter coloured butterflies and dragonflies out-competing their darker counterparts. Researcher published in Nature Communications has revealed as the climate has warmed, communities of...

£10m prize to solve greatest scientific problem

May 20, 2014
A £10 million prize has been launched by Nesta and the Technology Strategy Board to solve the greatest scientific problem facing the world today. The Longitude Prize – based on...

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