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Climate change

The Met Office Hadley Centre provides a focus in the UK for the scientific issues associated with climate change.

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A comprehensive list of all Met Office publications including brochures on climate research from the Met Office Hadley Centre, the Met Office annual report and more.

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Using expert knowledge of weather and climate science we help government and businesses plan for future climate change impacts. Our consultants help businesses develop mitigation and adaptation strategies to minimising risks and maximise profit.

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Answers to questions about the weather and climate change.

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Climate Change is a global issue and the Met Office Hadley Centre is leading international research into what could happen under climate change, and the impacts on current and future generations.

Latest news and events

Is La Niña to blame for the poor weather and the flooding? Climate expert Dr Adam Scaife explains.

Our climate change experts are playing a major role in a summit aimed at establishing a worldwide policy to tackle our changing climate.

The Met Office welcomes the PM's pledge to further reduce emissions.

The Met Office provides advice on up-to-date comprehensive guidance to accompany the climate change film.

The independent review of the Met Office Hadley Centre, commissioned by Defra and MoD, has now been published.

The Met Office plays a key part in this internationally important process.

Some of the common myths of climate change are explained by the Met Office Chief Scientist.

Government has published details of its draft Climate Change Bill outlining plans to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change.

The Review, led by Prof. Sir Nicholas Stern is the most comprehensive ever undertaken on the economics of climate change.

Climate research

Weather and climate have a profound influence on life on Earth, find out about the basics.

Key results from climate-change experiments conducted using Met Office computer models of the climate system.

The Met Office Hadley Centre receives, quality controls, and archives large amounts of observed climate data. These are used for monitoring the climate, in studies of the causes of climate change and in climate modelling.

Detailed three-dimensional representations of major components of the climate system are mostly run on the Met Office's NEC SX-6 supercomputers.

The role of the carbon cycle in climate change, how the models represent it, and what the results are when the cycle is included in climate simulations.

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