Ireland is one of Europe's wettest countries, so why are hundreds of thousands of people being told not to use their hosepipe?

By Gwyn Matthews At the beginning of 2026, Florian Pappenberger, a HEPEX founding member and former co-chair, became Director-General of ECMWF. Florian’s background in hydrology, where working with…

Irish homes and businesses must prepare for sharper swings between drought and flooding in the years ahead, a Maynooth University (MU) climate scientist has warned. The warning comes with the publication today of a major Europe-wide report showing that water extremes are becoming a defining feature...

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Drivers and mechanisms contributing to excess warming in Europe during recent decades

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Contributed by Tom Pagano, a former HEPEX guest columnist  Ten years ago, we interviewed Bureau of Meteorology scientist Beth Ebert about the meaning of ‘good forecast verification’ an…