Andrew Charlton-Perez, University of Reading and Ed Hawkins, University of Reading Meteorologist James Stagg gave what many regard as the most important weather forecast in history in June 1944. Th…

Mineral dust affects Earth’s energy budget, clouds, and biochemistry, yet the evolution of the global dust cycle in recent decades remains shrouded in uncertainty. Here we reconstruct the global dust ...

Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).

Carbon savings from driving EVs are so large that it makes sense to scrap a working petrol car to make the switch

Relentless heat and a dearth of rain is having a punishing effect on some of Europe’s most vital rivers, which have tumbled to record lows in place, threatening energy production, shipping and tourism...

Under the proposals, the EU plans to relax its emissions trading system to give companies more time to reduce their carbon output.

Increasing instability of the ocean, ice and atmosphere threatens farming, finance and society. We all need to wake up to that fact.

British trees struggle to survive as temperatures get higher, and many die.

UK summer heatwaves are dictated by the polar jet stream position and sea surface temperature (SST) variability, affecting the Summer North Atlantic Oscillation (SNAO) index. The SNAO can determine a...

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The Caspian Sea is becoming warmer and shallower, with damaging economic and environmental effects.

Abstract. Water availability for societies and ecosystems depends upon Terrestrial Water Storage (TWS), yet global, spatially resolved measurements are largely unavailable before the advent of the Gra...

No patches of snow survived on the hills of Scotland from the winter of 2024/2025 to the winter of 2025/2026.

The global climate has changed drastically over the course of the 58 years that separate these two photographs of planet Earth.