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World’s hottest year on the horizon, new Met Office climate analysis warns

World’s hottest year on the horizon, new Met Office climate analysis warns

There is a 90% chance that one of the next five years will be the hottest on record, a new report from the Met Office and World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) is warning.

Government unveils plans for £1.2bn climate ‘supercomputer’

Benefits to farmers of global heating outweighed by losses, says report

‘Worrying’ rise in global CO2 forecast for 2019

Climate change made UK heatwave 30 times more likely – Met Office

The sweltering heat that hit the UK this summer was made 30 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a Met Office analysis has found.

UK summer ‘wind drought’ puts green revolution into reverse

Britain's long heatwave threw the country's green energy revolution into reverse and pushed up carbon emissions this summer, leading experts to stress the need for a diverse energy mix.

National Grid hails ‘greenest ever’ summer

New figures released today by the National Grid show almost 52% of electricity generation over the summer came from low carbon and renewable sources.

2016 hottest year ever recorded – and scientists say human activity to blame

2016 was the hottest year on record, setting a new high for the third year in a row, with scientists firmly putting the blame on human activities that drive climate change.

Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere forecast to shatter milestone

Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 will shatter the symbolic barrier of 400 parts per million (ppm) this year and will not fall below it our in our lifetimes, according to a new Met Office study.

2015 smashes record for hottest year, final figures confirm

2015 smashed the record for the hottest year since reporting began in 1850, according to the first full-year figures from the world's three principal temperature estimates.

National Grid: Downton Abbey set to cause 400MW Christmas surge

National Grid has predicted the last ever episode of Downton Abbey will cause a power demand pick-up of 400MW when it is aired on Christmas Day this year.

Air pollution from fireworks night ‘very high’

The government is urging people to reduce their physical activities, particularly outdoors, after pollution levels across much of England and Wales peaked because of a combination of fireworks night and unusually still weather.

Record-setting Sunday: Wind supplies a quarter of UK power

A blustery Sunday saw 24% of the UK's electricity supplied by wind.

Wettest year on record has little impact on Met Office solar array

The Met Office's 250 kilowatt (kW) solar array has out-performed initial estimations despite poor weather over the past 12 months.

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