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Join the Mostly Weather podcast team as they explore a new mostly weather based topic each month - through a collection of fascinating facts, stories, statistics or just about anything else they deem interesting.

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    • Science
    • 4.7 • 56 Ratings

Join the Mostly Weather podcast team as they explore a new mostly weather based topic each month - through a collection of fascinating facts, stories, statistics or just about anything else they deem interesting.

    Climate Conversations: Machine Learning and Climate

    Climate Conversations: Machine Learning and Climate

    Climate Conversations brings you a show on Machine Learning within the discipline of Climate Science. Dr Doug McNeall introduces two Met Office experts, Prof Simon Vosper, Director of Science at the Met Office and Dr Rachel McInnes, Co-Director the Joint Centre for Environmental Intelligence. They discuss the latest developments and challenges of working with Machine Learning in advancing climate science... Their conversations detail methods used to support operational weather and climate models and forecasting and a glimpse into what we can expect next from this emerging technology.

    • 26 min
    Climate Conversations: Rainforests- from carbon sinks to carbon source

    Climate Conversations: Rainforests- from carbon sinks to carbon source

    Dr. Bernardo Flores and Professor Richard Betts discuss the risk that the Amazon Rainforest could tip from a carbon sink to a source.

    Their latest scientific paper highlights future tipping points across the Amazon Rainforest.

    With Dr. Doug McNeall and Clare Nasir.

    The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service.

    Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years.

    www.metoffice.gov.uk

    • 23 min
    Why 1.5° C - the science behind the 1.5° C temperature target

    Why 1.5° C - the science behind the 1.5° C temperature target

    In our climate podcast, Dr Doug McNeall speaks to Dr Matt Palmer on the science behind the 1.5° C temperature target. They discuss the challenges to keep the global temperature increase below 1.5°C compared to pre-industrial levels in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

    Writing in the journal Nature ahead of COP28, a team of Met Office scientists has proposed a solution to define the current level of global warming relevant to the Paris Agreement. Climate Scientist Dr Matt Palmer is the architect of the new ‘Indicators of Global Warming’ dashboard, which complements the newly proposed indicators. The dashboard displays eight separate indicators as well as observed global mean temperature using Met Office HadCRUT5 data. The groundbreaking new tool provides real time insights on the status of our efforts to keep warming below 1.5° C.

    The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service.

    Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years.

    www.metoffice.gov.uk

    • 16 min
    Weather Snap 10 Nov 2023

    Weather Snap 10 Nov 2023

    Alex Deakin and Alex Burkill discuss the week's weather events.

    The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service.

    Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years.

    www.metoffice.gov.uk

    • 19 min
    A new Met Office AI partnership with The Alan Turing Institute

    A new Met Office AI partnership with The Alan Turing Institute

    Clare Nasir speaks with Professor Kirstine Dale, Met Office Chief AI Officer and Turing Fellow, about a groundbreaking new partnership with The Turing Institute to accelerate Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based forecasting with the potential for wide benefits to societies around the world.

    • 3 min
    Weather Snap 03 Nov 2023

    Weather Snap 03 Nov 2023

    Alex Deakin and Aidan McGivern reflect on a stormy week of powerful winds and strong opinion!

    The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service.

    Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years.

    www.metoffice.gov.uk

    • 17 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
56 Ratings

56 Ratings

DiTch101 ,

We love talking weather

The met office is great , and this could be a daily podcast easily , as all aspects of the weather and weather systems are fascinating maybe get clare nasir to host it and give her a big pay rise too because she is ace ! Oh and lets have add a nice weather picture to the podcast title tile

R_GoWin ,

Brilliant

I’ve been listening to this podcast for over two years. It’s absolutely brilliant and at the right level. Wish they’d do more!

nick2000000000 ,

Smashing

First one I heard was deep dive into rain. Very interesting content and proper detailed discussion. Just what I was looking for. I learned a lot. The quality is consistent.

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