Richard Allan
@rpallanuk
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Climate Scientist @UniofReading interested in what drives variability/change in clouds, water & rainfall https://t.co/aWkATQ5yHF
Reading, Berkshire.
Joined May 2012
RT @colinwalker79: 2 weeks ago @BBCNews made a decidedly dodgy claim about EVs:. "The average price of a new EV in the UK is nearly double….
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Nice to see @metoffice & @BBC are best of friends again! 🧡.
📰 Groundbreaking new partnership to deliver a world class public weather service announced. Read our news release 👇.
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Unprecedented continental drying since 2002 based on satellite data and dominated by high-latitude water loss, intense Central American/European #drought & groundwater depletion: Consistent with earlier work:
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Global #climate hazards @UKHSA 25th July 2025:.🌧️ #floods across Pakistan, China, South Korea.🔥 #wildfires in Greece, Cyprus, Turkey.🥀 #drought affects Iran.⛈️ storms hit Ethiopia, France, Romania, Thailand, Vietnam.🌀 typhoon Co-may hits Philippines.
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RT @UniRdg_Met: Meteorology & Climate premium online courses @UniofReading suitable for professional meteorologists, consultants, STEM stud….
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RT @UniRdg_Met: As a hosepipe ban kicks in over parts of Reading we look at how this summer so far compares to the UK’s infamous hot, dry s….
blogs.reading.ac.uk
By Dr Laura Baker Senior NCAS Scientist in the Department of Meteorology As we come to the end of the third heatwave of 2025, and a third English water board has announced a hosepipe ban, more an…
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Global #climate hazards @UKHSA 18 Jul 2025:.🔥 #wildfires Canada, USA, Spain.🌧️ #floods & landslides China, Nepal, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Mexico, USA, Ecuador, Spain, Sudan.🌪️ tornado New Zealand.⚡ lightning eastern USA.
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We all need to grow fig trees, though maybe wait for peer review?
newscientist.com
Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ensuring that the carbon is kept out of the air for longer
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RT @UniRdg_Met: Coverage about the new @ECMWF headquarters under construction on our @UniofReading campus next door to us in Met that combi….
bbc.co.uk
The new centre will to support world-leading work on all aspects of weather prediction systems.
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RT @Met4CastUK: We’re going to need a bigger scale. The exceptional mediterranean heatwave continues with anomalies close to 8°C above a….
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RT @CavershamTidy: A serious 17 sacked litter scattered across Dingley Dell, Rothwell Walk and other Caversham litter hotspots, conglomerat….
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RT @SkyNews: "Both of these extremes are getting worse as the climate warms.". Professor in climate science @rpallanuk explains to Sky's @A….
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RT @CavershamTidy: Ten went #WildAboutReading, relieving Amersham Rd Rec (including a rogue rubbish-ridden shrub) of 9 big/7 small bags of….
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Immensely proud to know this talented individual: @JolenecookC OBE talks about her vital role as Head of International Climate Science and UK IPCC Focal Point @energygovuk .
fullcircleci.co.uk
In this episode, Liz Allan speaks to Jolene Cook, OBE, Head of International Climate Science and UK IPCC Focal Point at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
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Contraction of midlatitude & tropical storm regimes with warming could explain the 21st century increase in Earth's absorption of sunlight and overall heating rate:
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Record warming in east then west North Atlantic during mid-2023 explained by weak winds that focused strong solar heating in shallower upper ocean layer (with possible minor effect of cleaner marine air) that contributed to record global surface warmth:
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