New Nat Comms Lamptey et al GCRF African SWIFT paper "Sustainability of African weather and climate information can only be ensured by investing in improved scientific understanding, observational data, and model capability." Doug Parker nature.com/articles/s4146…

Significant storms triggered today, moving to affect other regions. Major systems visible with FASTA App.

ICAS's Jim McQuaid was on BBC One Yorkshire's Look North program yesterday, talking about changing weather patterns and the wet spring we've experienced. Clip starts at 21:00, available until 7pm this evening.

It is #EGU24 week and we have quite a few ICAS members showcasing their science. PGR Ross Slater is giving a talk on trends in Antarctic Ice speed from big data processing of satellite observations if you're there find him at 9.45am in room 1.61/62

ICAS member Chris Wells is giving a talk at #EGU24 this afternoon 'From Global Mean Temperature to Regional Climate Impacts' In Vienna? find out more at 17.25 in room 0.49/50

I’m presenting my poster ‘Mapping glacial meltwater plumes in the Antarctic Peninsula using deep learning’ this morning at #EGU2024 Come along to X4.20 at 10:45 to see what meltwater plumes can tell us about glaciers in the AP 🧊🛰️🗻

Our paper was published on the FOREWARNS surface water flood forecasting tool. Should be run operationally by UK Flood Forecasting Centre from this year. We're also trialling a Nowcasting configuration over the summer. nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/14… iCASP Dr Linda Speight Mark Trigg

Congratulations to Professor Ken Carslaw, who has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society! 👏 He's earned this prestigious recognition for his invaluable contribution to atmospheric science, aerosol processes and environmental modelling. Read more: environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/5…

Huge Congratulations to Ken Carslaw

Professor Kenneth Carslaw FRS becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society. He's an atmospheric scientist who researches how aerosol particles affect climate, mainly using numerical models with exploitation of field measurements, lab & satellite data. #RSFellows royalsociety.org/people/kenneth…

We are really excited about the first event in Earth and Environment at Leeds Inaugural lecture series. sign up to join us!

How can fossils from three million years ago help to predict our future climate? New research co-authored by Dr Julia Tindall explores: environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/5…

There is still time to sign up to attend Earth and Environment at Leeds 1st Inaugural Lecture on Monday 3rd June. We will be celebrating our recently appointed professors Prof Amanda Maycock and Benjamin Mills find out more and book your spot here: shorturl.at/zAIK3 ESSILeeds ICAS

Weak eddy feedback has been proposed to explain the NAO signal-to-noise problem. Our new study highlights limitations of the diagnostic used in some earlier studies and question the interpretation in past work Dr Christine McKenna (she/her) CONSTRAIN ICAS agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

Professor Doug Parker joined Fun Kids Radio Science Weekly podcast to explain how weather satellites work! Our Cosmic Climate: The Role of Weather Satellites 🛰️ player.fm/series/series-…

Global warming caused by humans is advancing at 0.26 °C per decade – the highest rate since records began ⚠️🌡️ New research by over 50 leading international scientists is being used to track long-term trends in human influence on the climate ⬇️

Congratulations to the Gair Wood team, who won the Research Culture award for Diverse Forms of Research Activity last week! 👏 Researchers from the school also received runner-up awards for EDI and Open Research Practices. Find out more: environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/5…

Nitrous oxide emissions are rising at an alarming rate, damaging water systems and contributing to soil and air pollution, according to a report by the GlobalCarbonProject. Read more about the study by Dr Chris Wilson (Earth and Environment at Leeds) and over 50 partners ⚠️👇 climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/study-war…

Congratulations to all our students graduating from the School of Earth and Environment today! 👏 📷 Watch the graduation ceremony live 📷iamagraduate.co.uk/leeds/

Experts are still trying to understand the dramatic 3-year heatwave in the Pacific Ocean, known as the Blob. Chris Smith 🇪🇺 comments on the latest research in Hakai Magazine. hakaimagazine.com/news/birthing-…