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A heatwave over Europe, as seen from space

Hottest days are hotting up

A study published today in Geophysical Research Letters shows that the maximum temperature of the hottest days is increasing at twice the rate of the maximum temperature of average summer days.
17 May 2023
Professor Myles Allen

Professor Myles Allen elected Fellow of the Royal Society

Professor Myles Allen has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society for his groundbreaking contributions to the quantitative understanding of climate change.
10 May 2023
Dr Antje Weisheimer

Meet...Antje Weisheimer

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.
10 May 2023
Hannah Christensen, left, with colleagues

拢1m Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for climate prediction

Professor Hannah Christensen has received a 拢1m Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for research that focuses on characterising and reducing uncertainty in weather forecasts and climate predictions
28 February 2023
Professor Tim Palmer

Professor Tim Palmer recognised by RAS

Professor Tim Palmer from the University of Oxford鈥檚 Department of Physics has today received the Royal Astronomical Society鈥檚 2023 Gold Medal for Geophysics for his outstanding work in advancing the understanding and prediction of climate and weather.
13 January 2023
Professor Tim Palmer

Professor Tim Palmer: revolutionising weather and climate prediction

On 6 December, the Department of Physics held a symposium to celebrate the remarkable career of Professor Tim Palmer CBE FRS
8 December 2022
Met Office northern hemisphere model visualisation

Research excellence continues with Met Office-Oxford partnership

The University of Oxford has successfully renewed its membership of the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) for a further three years.
9 November 2022
Martha Buckley

Meet...Martha Buckley

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.
8 November 2022
The Hunga Tonga鈥揌unga Ha驶apai eruption as seen by Japan's Himawari-8 satellite

Tonga volcano had highest plume ever recorded

A new analysis led by Oxford University researchers has shown the devastating Hunga Tonga鈥揌unga Ha驶apai eruption in January 2022 created the tallest volcanic plume ever recorded.
4 November 2022
Ship tracks arise when aerosol emissions from ships enter clouds and make them brighter. From satellite, they appear as long lines, like here in the Bay of Biscay, north of Spain.

Analysis of shipping emissions reveals a larger effect of air pollution on climate than previously thought

Findings from two separate research papers analysing ship tracks indicate that air pollution has a larger effect on climate than previously thought.
5 October 2022
Alyson Douglas

Meet...Alyson Douglas

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.
8 September 2022
Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert

Professor Pierrehumbert awarded Rumford Medal

Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert has been awarded the Royal Society鈥檚 Rumford Medal 2022 for outstanding contributions in the field of physics.
24 August 2022
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