Met Office

Sep 03 2024 269 ep. 18 mins 855
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Join the Mostly Weather podcast team as they explore a new mostly weather based topic each month - through a collection of fascinating facts, stories, statistics or just about anything else they deem interesting.

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Climate Conversations: Sport

Sep 03 2024 15 mins  
In this month’s Climate Conversations we are talking Climate Change and Sport. We hone in on six popular UK sporting events including the First Test Match at Edgbaston, the Great North Run, the London Marathon and the Six Nations Rugby and how they will be influenced by future weather trends due to climate change – picking on latest research by the Met Office. Also we talk to

Climate Conversations: Machine Learning and Climate

Mar 20 2024 26 mins  
Climate Conversations brings you a show on Machine Learning within the discipline of Climate Science. Dr Doug McNeall introduces two Met Office experts, Prof Simon Vosper, Director of Science at the Met Office and Dr Rachel McInnes, Co-Director the Joint Centre for Environmental Intelligence. They discuss the latest developments and challenges of working with Machine Learning in ad

Climate Conversations: Rainforests- from carbon sinks to carbon source

Feb 28 2024 23 mins  
Dr. Bernardo Flores and Professor Richard Betts discuss the risk that the Amazon Rainforest could tip from a carbon sink to a source. Their latest scientific paper highlights future tipping points across the Amazon Rainforest. With Dr. Doug McNeall and Clare Nasir. The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. Our website carries the latest UK and global we

Why 1.5° C - the science behind the 1.5° C temperature target

Dec 05 2023 16 mins  
In our climate podcast, Dr Doug McNeall speaks to Dr Matt Palmer on the science behind the 1.5° C temperature target. They discuss the challenges to keep the global temperature increase below 1.5°C compared to pre-industrial levels in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Writing in the journal Nature ahead of COP28, a team of Met Office scientists has proposed a

Weather Snap 10 Nov 2023

Nov 10 2023 19 mins  
Alex Deakin and Alex Burkill discuss the week's weather events. The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. www.metoffice.gov.uk

A new Met Office AI partnership with The Alan Turing Institute

Nov 08 2023 3 mins  
Clare Nasir speaks with Professor Kirstine Dale, Met Office Chief AI Officer and Turing Fellow, about a groundbreaking new partnership with The Turing Institute to accelerate Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based forecasting with the potential for wide benefits to societies around the world.

Weather Snap 03 Nov 2023

Nov 03 2023 17 mins  
Alex Deakin and Aidan McGivern reflect on a stormy week of powerful winds and strong opinion! The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. www.metoffice.gov.uk

Weather Snap Soundcloud Final 201023

Oct 20 2023 18 mins  
Clare Nasir, Alex Deakin and Aidan McGivern reflect on the conditions that brought Storm Babet to the UK this week. The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. www.metoffice.gov

Weather Snap 13 Oct 2023

Oct 13 2023 16 mins  
Clare Nasir and Alex Deakin hear why leaves change colour in the Autumn. The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. The Met Office website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types and climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Weather Snap 06 Oct 2023

Oct 06 2023 18 mins  
Clare Nasir and Alex Burkill take a look at the week's global weather events and hear how Met Office data is being used to help emergency responders in the UK. The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous mo