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Europe’s Weather Engine is stalling: Climate Change suppresses the jet stream variability
The North Atlantic jet stream is one of the main regulators of the European climate: an intense westerly airflow that guides storms toward the continent. New evidence suggests this system is changing.
Professor Piers Forster elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society
Professor Piers Forster has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), in recognition of his outstanding contribution to climate science.
Researchers evaluate strategies to protect Venice from rising sea levels
A new paper compares strategies, including movable barriers, ring dikes, closing the Venetian Lagoon, and relocating the city, that could help Venice adapt to future sea-level rise.
How primitive plants evolved to survive Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event
Earth responded to its most severe past warming event by evolving a new and bizarre type of photosynthesis that allowed a group of primitive plants to survive.
Twenty-year plan to restore nature and support fell farming
Work to restore heathland, meadows, woodland, peatlands and rivers in the uplands of South Cumbria has begun in earnest thanks to a new project supported by Defra’s Landscape Recovery Scheme.