Under the Weather

May 20 2018 833

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Meteorologists Simon King and Clare Nasir love the weather. In this BBC podcast, they are joined by a range of experts as they answer some of weather’s most challenging questions.

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10: Why does the jet stream rule our weather?

May 20 2018 20 mins

Simon and Clare explore why the jet stream is so important to our weather and discuss how it impacts on travel with Professor Paul Williams.

09: How does it feel flying into a hurricane?

May 13 2018 20 mins

Simon and Clare find out how it feels flying into a hurricane with the American Hurricane Hunter team based in Florida.

08: What's it like to be in the path of a tornado?

May 06 2018 28 mins

Simon and Clare are joined by storm chaser Paul Knightley to discover what it's like to be in the path of a tornado.

07: Whatever happened to acid rain?

Apr 29 2018 23 mins

Professor Christopher Evans joins Simon and Clare to explore if the issue of acid rain is still relevant in the UK today.

06: What does rain smell like?

Apr 22 2018 26 mins

Simon and Clare discover what rain smells like and how our senses and the weather are connected.

05: Should we care about space weather?

Apr 15 2018 23 mins

Simon and Clare are joined by Mike Hapgood, Head Of Space Weather at RAL Space, to discover the impact space weather has on our daily lives.

04: Could climate modification save the planet?

Apr 08 2018 21 mins

Professor James Fleming joins Simon and Clare to explore if human changes to weather and climate could have a positive impact on our planet.

03: What would a nuclear winter look like?

Apr 01 2018 21 mins

Simon and Clare explore the climatic effects of nuclear war with the distinguished Professor of Environmental Science Alan Robock.

02: How long could we survive without ice?

Mar 25 2018 23 mins

Professor Henry Pollack joins Simon and Clare to discuss how an iceless planet would impact on our climate and how rising sea levels would change human life as we know it.

01: Should we still be worried about the ozone layer?

Mar 18 2018 30 mins

Simon and Clare are joined by Professor Lucy Carpenter from the University of York to find out if we should still be worried about the hole in the ozone layer.