Blogs about Atmospheric science

I recently built a website that breaks down the cost of a UK electricity bill.electricitybills.ukIt's interactive, and I'd recommend visiting it before reading this post. Check it out here: electricitybills.ukHere are three interesting things about …

And now for something completely non clam-related…a speculative essay about LOTR as an environmental allegory, drawing on my posts to social media last week that clearly struck a nerve. I’m the first to admit that …

Guo Wei, Member 57,319, sent us a poem that he wrote after seeing dozens of large horseshoe vortex formations develop one after the other over Xiamen, China. He has kindly translated it into English for …

To no-one’s surprise 2024 was the warmest year on record – and by quite a clear margin. Another year, another data point. Unlike the previous year, 2024 was anticipated to be a record breaker even …

koko-mochi:I was talking to my dad about renewable energy and he was like “the only problem with solar farms is they take up so much space.”And it made me think about a city and how …

There’s been quite a few superlatives thrown at this early January cold spell, not least the recording of the coldest January night at Altnaharra in 15 years. Snowfalls across the Highlands, Lake District and northern …

The 2024 Washington wildfire season is thankfully behind us. However, wood burning for residential heating is a concern during the cold seasons when temperature inversions and light winds cause smoke to stagnate. Valley communities are …

Note: This special Weather West article focuses on a new peer-reviewed scientific review article, recently published in the journal Nature Reviews: Earth and Environment, that I led with a fantastic team of collaborators from NSF …