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Prof Liz Bentley

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Royal Meteorological Society Chief Executive and current President of European Meteorological Society

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 21/05/2026
One of the UK’s leading experts on weather and flooding, Professor Hannah Cloke OBE, has been appointed Regius Professor of Meteorology & Climate at the University of Reading. The title of Regius Professor was awarded to University of Reading by the Queen in 2013. www.reading.ac.uk/news/2026/Un...
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Royal Meteorological Society @rmets.org · 23/04/2026
Climate change is already affecting UK agriculture and food supply chains. A new project from the Royal Meteorological Society, Met Office and Defra will assess recent impacts, develop climate indicators, and highlight solutions for resilience. Sign up for updates: www.rmets.org/publications...
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Royal Meteorological Society
The Royal Meteorological Society is the Learned and Professional Society for weather and climate. Our mission is to promote the understanding and application of meteorology for the benefit of all.
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Royal Meteorological Society @rmets.org · 28/04/2026
New climate media literacy resources for teachers. In a fast-changing digital world, understanding climate change means more than science – students also need skills to navigate, interpret and critically assess the information they encounter every day. Find out👉: www.metlink.org/teaching-res...
image of five fingers held up spelling C.H.E.C.K. Explaining the 5 main questions on climate information.
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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Interested in weather and climate? Join the Royal Meteorological Society for their next Diverse Voices webinar on 19 May with Manali Lukha. Hear from Manali about her journey from Geography and Geology into software development, and now to ITV News. Register here 👇 ow.ly/EQGY50YO0yu
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Diverse Voices: Weather and climate communication in the 21st century
Join us for the next event in our ‘Diverse Voices’ online series, in conjunction with Weather Change. These informal conversations are helping to amplify and celebrate the diversity of scientists working in and around the field of weather and climate in the UK. In this session, we will hear from one…
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Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 02/07/2025
Annual Weather & Climate conference in full swing now with a keynote talk from @rmets.org Chief Executive @proflizbentley.bsky.social introduced by RMetS President Brian Golding
Slides in a lecture room for “175th Anniversary: Overview of the history of the Royal Meteorological Society”
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Jen @jenstoutwx.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The #RMetS Annual Weather and Climate Conference is now open! Thank you to @proflizbentley.bsky.social for her comprehensive keynote opening speech on the "175 Years of the Royal Meteorological Society", including past lessons, present potential, and future horizons. @rmets.org 🧪🌥️🌞
Liz Bentley smiles at the camera, ready to give her opening speech!A photo of Liz and Brian Golding at the front of a lecture theatre, viewed from the audience. The slide says "175th Anniversary: Overview of the history of the royal meteorological society"Liz Opening the conference. View of her at the front of the lecture theatre from the back of the seats. The slide says "Annual Weather and Climate Conference" with the RMetS logo.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
New report: The #climatecrisis is already destroying €28bn a year of the EU's agricultural production www.fi-compass.eu/library/mark...
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Insurance and Risk Management Tools for Agriculture in the EU
Climate related risks are a significant source of uncertainty for agricultural production, farm resilience, and the broader bioeconomy value chain. There is growing evidence that climate change is inc...
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Prof Liz Bentley @proflizbentley.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
175 years ago today, the Royal Meteorological Society. From the very start, RMetS played a key role in advancing weather and climate science – publishing research that has shaped our understanding of meteorology ever since. www.rmets.org/history
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The Royal Meteorological Society is the Learned and Professional Society for weather and climate. Our mission is to promote the understanding and application of meteorology for the benefit of all.
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Prof Liz Bentley @proflizbentley.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Today marks the 175th Anniversary of the Royal Meteorological Society, founded on 3rd April 1850. If you were wondering what the weather was like on 3rd April 1850, thanks to the 20th century reanalysis the chart below shows the pressure pattern at 12Z on that day.
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Prof Liz Bentley @proflizbentley.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The Royal Meteorological Society celebrates its 175th anniversary today. And Carol Kirkwood and BBC Weather is at Hartwell House where the very first meeting took on this day in 1850.
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Prof Liz Bentley @proflizbentley.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Today marks the 175th Anniversary of the Royal Meteorological Society, founded on 3rd April 1850. Originally founded as the British Meteorological Society, it became the Royal Meteorological Society in 1883 when Queen Victoria granted it a Royal Charter.
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Peter Cox @coxypm.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Thanks for arranging a fascinating meeting @matcollins.bsky.social and @rmets.bsky.social! It was huge a bonus to catch up with old friends and mentors!
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Mat Collins @matcollins.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Next up Richard Wood on physical modelling
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Mat Collins @matcollins.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Liz Bentley kicking off the @rmets.bsky.social meeting on the History of Climate Model
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Neil Kaye @neilrkaye.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
What is the difference between weather and climate. This #dataviz shows the "Central England" average temperature for periods ranging from 1 day (weather) to 30 years (climate). This shows the climate signal emerging. Note the varying y axis that covers the range of the data.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 13/11/2024
Using up the carbon budget for 1.5°C
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Andy Russell @andyrussell.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Argentina withdraws negotiators from Cop29 summit
Move adds to concerns about the stability of the Paris agreement after the election in the US of Donald Trump
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
A gentle reminder that if we miss the 1.5°C target (and we certainly will), the next target is 1.51°C and not 2°C. We need to keep fighting. Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
Cover from The Economist from two years ago "Say goodbye to 1.5°C; why climate policy is off target". It has a graphic of the Earth with an apple on its head, and a arrow shot through the Earth.
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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
Tomorrow (Wed pm) I'll be joining @proflizbentley.bsky.social & speakers from the Met Office, Woodland Trust & UK Health Security Agency to talk about some of the UK weather events of 2023, their impact and climate context. Free to attend, register for a zoom link: www.rmets.org/event/unders...
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Understanding the Weather and Climate Context of 2023
How did the weather of 2023 compare to long-term climate records for the UK? Authors from the annual ‘State of the UK Climate’ report will present their key messages on what the latest observations te...
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 02/10/2024
Now looking at the #Antarctic in September 2024, which is near their annual maximum ice extent, we once again see large areas of low/no sea ice concentration around the Indian Ocean sector and Ross Sea. Data available from nsidc.org/data/g02202/...
Two polar stereographic maps side-by-side showing Antarctic sea ice concentration and its anomalies relative to 1981-2010 for September 2024. Red shading is shown for less ice, and blue shading is shown for more ice. More areas are below average than above. Antarctica is masked out in grey shading.
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Prof Penny Endersby @pennyend.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
You can see the full range of variables here. With the high rainfall in England I thought at first that Neil had made a mistake and some green bars were missing….but of course he hadn’t. Balanced by the dry north.
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Prof Penny Endersby @pennyend.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
Extraordinary rainfall distribution in UK in September. Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire saw their wettest month in our 188 year series. But only 25% wetter than average overall despite many areas having 3x average rainfall. More details in Met Office press release www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
A colour coded map of UK showing central England with extraordinary high rainfall in purple and western Scotland very dry in brown
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Julius Garbe @juliusgarbe.github.io · 02/10/2024
This graphic from @insideclimatenews is wrong. It doesn’t show the Greenland Ice Sheet in 500, but in almost 1,000 years instead. See the figure from the original paper below, which you can check out here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @bberwyn.bsky.social Any chance to correct this?
Figure 2 from Aschwanden et al., Science Advances (2019) publication
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 02/10/2024
So, how do we rescue millions of historical weather observations that are not currently available to science, such as those in this table? Surely, ML can do this by now... 🧵
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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
Upper Vénéon Valley from Temple Ecrins 30 Sept. 2024 Empty valley... 😢 Pilatte hut (center left) has closed 3 years ago. Mountain desertification in Anthropocene Era 🌊 Now closing a mountain hut (Temple Ecrins) that has barely opened... bittersweet feeling! Pic Marie Gardent
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
It was so great to be able to discuss Saving Ourselves with Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson at the Nest during Climate Week NYC last week. As we watch the destruction from Hurricane Helene, the conversation is all the more important. Tune in here: www.wedonthavetime.org/events/clima...
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