Extreme weather is, by definition, rare on our planet. Ferocious storms, searing heatwaves, and biting cold snaps illustrate what the climate is capable of at its worst. However, since Earth’s climate is rapidly warming, predominantly due to fossil fuel ...

As leading international experts call on the World Health Organization to declare the climate crisis a global public health emergency, and with temperatures forecast to soar across the UK this weekend, the Royal College of Physicians is warning the NHS must urgently prepare for a hotter future.

At the end of October 2024, a grey gloom descended over the British Isles. Nothing unusual there. But this murky shroud was particularly persistent, even for the UK. Some regions barely saw the sun for a fortnight. Residents of the village of Odiham in ...

UK farms could become unviable in worst years of climate disruption unless urgent action is taken to protect food production from heat, flooding and drought.

Typically an El Niño brings warmer and drier conditions to the UK during summer. It also increases the likelihood of colder winters. However, many other factors also influence the UK’s weather. Last summer is currently the UK’s hottest year on record, which occurred during a La Niña phase.

Expert comment provided by Professor Emeritus of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at University College London, Prof Bill McGuire. He is also the author of The Fate of the World: A History And Future Of The Climate Crisis,

The UK is famous for having very varied weather - including a lot of rain! While the UK's climate is relatively mild compared to a lot of places in the world thanks to our being an island, there is no shortage of unpredictability,

The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events made more likely by climate change is already causing huge amounts of economic damage. Their potential to fundamentally alter the economic resilience of entire economies is prompting well-founded concerns at the highest levels of government,