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☆ Record 2022 temperatures will be average for UK by 2060 - Met Office
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Temperatures exceeded 40C in Britain in July last year for the first time, and the Met Office said 2022 was the warmest year since records began in 1884 for the United Kingdom and since 1659 in its Central England Temperature series. "In terms of weather and climate, 2022 was an extraordinary year for the UK," Mike Kendon from the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre said. The Met Office said its studies found both the record warm year and 2022's July heat wave were made more likely by human-induced climate change. In its 'State of the UK climate' report, the Met Office predicted that in a medium emissions scenario, by 2060, a year like 2022 would be considered an average year and by 2100, it would be considered a 'cool' year. The 2013-2022 period was the warmest decade on record in the UK, the Met Office said.

Persons: Mike Kendon, Kendon, Kylie MacLellan, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Met Office, Met, Climate Information, Thomson Locations: Britain, United Kingdom, State

☆ Fact Check-Met Office says UK temperature data shows increase in last two decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The average temperature has increased over the last two decades, the Met Office said, countering misleading claims circulating online. According to the Met Office, however, its data show a long-term trend of rising temperatures, including an increase in UK temperature over the last two decades. “The Met Office’s preferred smoothing pattern for the UK temperature series clearly shows warming over the last two decades,” he said. In comparison to the 30-year period 1961-1990, the average UK temperature increased by 0.8°C between 1991 and 2020 (here). The average temperature has increased over the last two decades in the UK, according to the Met Office, Britain’s national weather service.

Persons: “, Grahame Madge, ”, Madge, ” Will Jones, Read Organizations: Met Office, Daily, Reuters, UK Met Office Locations: Lincolnshire

☆ The North Atlantic is experiencing a ‘totally unprecedented’ marine heat wave
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Temperatures in parts of the North Atlantic Ocean are soaring off the charts, with an “exceptional” marine heat wave happening off the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland, sparking concerns about impacts on marine life. Parts of the North Sea are experiencing a category 4 marine heat wave – defined as “extreme” – according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. And in 2021, an extreme heat wave cooked around a billion shellfish to death on Canada’s West Coast. As climate change intensifies, marine heat waves are set to become more common. The frequency of marine heat waves has already increased more than 20-fold due to human-caused global warming, according to a 2020 study.

Persons: ” Stephen Belcher, ”, Mika Rantanen, Richard Unsworth, “, ” Unsworth, Albert Klein Tank, Rantanen Organizations: CNN, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, UK Met, Met Office’s, Finnish Meteorological Institute, biosciences, Plymouth University, UK Met Office, Met Office Hadley Locations: United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Europe, Gulf Coast, Texas, West Coast, El

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