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We will be going to extremes to celebrate the Great British obsession with the weather at this event. We will be hearing how climate change is making our weather more extreme as well as discussing how techniques for forecasting those extremes have been improving over the years.
Contact the Globe Inn directly if you would like some food before our event starts, and please remember to mention Pint of Science.
Contact the Globe Inn directly if you would like some food before our event starts, and please remember to mention Pint of Science.
Weather on Steroids? Is It Getting More Extreme?
Claire Burke
(Climate Change Specialist at the Met Office)
Is climate change bringing us more extreme weather? If the world is warming why aren’t we getting more hot summers? Are extreme weather events, like the recent floods in the North of England, becoming more common? Could the weather get even more extreme in the future? I will discuss how climate change affects the most extreme weather, and talk about how extreme weather could be in the future if the world continues to warm.
Forecasting & The Future of Meteorology
Helen Roberts
(Senior Operational Meteorologist at the Met Office)
Public weather forecasting has been around for over 150 years and weatherlore and amateur weather prediction for a lot longer. Thankfully, the science has improved immeasurably since those early days and it continues to evolve and improve at a rapid pace. But how do we do it, what improvements are coming and why does it all matter?
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