Scientists say fewer particles and polluting gases means more sunlight can reach Earth’s surface.
The dramatic improvements in air quality associated with the coronavirus lockdown could increase…
Scientists identify thousands of extreme events, suggesting stark warnings about global heating are already coming to pass.
Intolerable bouts of extreme humidity and heat which could threaten human…
Although many of us have seen a marked change in the weather today the provisional early statistics show that for the UK as a whole it has been the sunniest April on record (figures dating back to…
This year is on course to be the world’s hottest since measurements began, according to meteorologists, who estimate there is a 50% to 75% chance that 2020 will break the record set four years ago.…
Car owners underestimate total vehicle costs. Giving consumers this information could encourage the switch to cleaner transport and reduce emissions.
The government has told people living in Tana…
As climate- and ecological-monitoring projects go dark, data that stretch back for decades will soon contain coronavirus-associated gaps.
Twice per year, Ed Dever’s group at Oregon State University…
Thousands of swallows and swifts migrating from Africa to Europe have been left dead by high winds battering Greece, bird watchers say.
The birds have been found in the streets of Athens, on…
Jet stream appears to have stopped moving south and may be moving back towards normal.
International cooperation on ozone-depleting chemicals is helping to return the southern jet stream to a normal…
The 10 years to the end of 2019 have been confirmed as the warmest decade on record by three global agencies.
According to Nasa, Noaa and the UK Met Office, last year was the second warmest in a…
Many people dream of a white Christmas each year. Why else would Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" from 1942 be the best-selling single in the world?
But sadly, this dream will never come true for…
Yesterday was Australia's hottest day on record, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).
The average maximum temperature across the country was 40.9 degrees Celsius,…
Nine people were killed and more than 1,400 rendered homeless after a major storm slammed into the island.
Nine people were killed and three are missing in northwest Madagascar after Cyclone Belna…
The World Meteorological Organisation reveals that 2019 has been one of the hottest years on record.
The WMO report has warned that we have had a ‘decade of exceptional heat’ with 2019 on course to…
The biggest and most damaging hurricanes are now three times more frequent than they were 100 years ago, say researchers.
Using a new method of calculating the destruction, the scientists say the…
Every year, the company Ingredion buys millions of tons of corn and cassava from farmers and turns them into starches and sugars that go into foods such as soft drinks, yogurt and frozen meals.
Lots…
DEFRA, BEIS and the Met Office have joined forces to launch several climate projections.
The launch will see the highest-ever resolution of climate projections produced for the UK: for the first…