In a paper published on Monday 3 April, climate scientists at the Met Office Hadley Centre have shown that the early mitigation needed to limit eventual warming below potentially dangerous levels has a climate ‘payback’ much earlier than previously thought. Lead scientist Andrew Ciavarella explains: “Our study has shown that efforts to reduce global temperature rise...
Professor Piers Forster, Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, will be part of a panel of distinguished scientists participating in a livestreamed public meeting and debate on Saturday 18 March at the University of Aberdeen for British Science Week 2017 and Climate Week. The event, titled Science and Climate Change in an Alternative Facts...
Urgent action to reduce sea temperatures is needed, as 2015-2016 saw record highs that triggered a significant episode of coral bleaching across the tropics and particularly the Australian Great Barrier Reef, according to new research involving Leeds academics. Coral researchers are now carrying out new aerial and underwater surveys along the Great Barrier Reef and...
Three new high-level appointments are set to consolidate the reputation for world-leading climate research at the University of Leeds and open new routes to policymakers. The Priestley International Centre for Climate welcomes Dr Jason Lowe, Head of Climate Services at the Met Office Hadley Centre, as the first Priestley Chair. Dr Lowe, who is also...
Lord’s has become the first cricket ground in the country to run on 100% renewable energy, as new figures reveal the increasing disruption to cricket caused by extreme weather patterns linked to climate change. New statistics released by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), owners of Lord’s, illustrate that extreme weather in December 2015, which has been...