Posts Tagged ‘UK Met Office’

• Gordon Brown calls climate change deniers “flat-earthers”

  Recently Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spoke out against climate change deniers labeling them as anti-science “flat-earthers” who are spreading outdated information: “Mr Brown last night insisted that the science on climate change in settled, and …

• The “Danish text” makes developing nations furious and Naomi Klein says the deal we really need is not even on the table

  Here are some of the biggest and most interesting news today related to the ongoing COP15 climate conference in Copenhagen: A draft text for a potential final agreement in Copenhagen was leaked today to the Guardian. The “Danish text” has …

• Carbon cuts will only give us a 50/50 chance of saving the planet

  Photo credit: azrainman New research from the UK Met Office, one of the world’s leading providers of environmental and weather-related services, shows that the world’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions would only offer a 50-50 chance of keeping temperature …

• 2008 ends up being the tenth warmest year due to man-made climate change

  The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has in a preliminary report has concluded that last year the global mean temperature was 14.3 °C which makes 2008 “the tenth warmest year on a record that dates back to 1850.” “The ten warmest …

• Green Quote of the Week: UK Met Office

  The Guardian quotes a statement from the UK Met Office, one of the world’s leading providers of environmental and weather-related services: “Anyone who thinks global warming has stopped has their head in the sand. The evidence is clear, the long-term …

• La Nina temporarily cools down global temperatures during first half of 2008

  You might have heard from the climate change deniers that this year will be the coolest globally this century. And that is true. Newly released data from the UK Met Office shows that during the first half of 2008 the …