• Not just for scientists: using climate change projections
    I’m working with the Met Office on new climate change projections for the UK, due next spring. A version of this post appeared in the project team’s newsletter. Nature – the animals and plants which...
  • Cold snow and climate change
    Much of the UK is hunkering down for a weekend of expected snow. My friend Andrew, along with farmers across the land, will be bracing himself for a hard slog of feeding animals – he sent me this today...
  • Climate change projections from IPCC?
    John Lanchbery, Principal Climate Advisor In the few days since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its report on climate science, there have been some liberal interpretations...
  • Action for nature habitats and climate change
    We now know much about how climate change affects wildlife - species such as the Dartford warbler and the bee orchid are moving further north and recent storms have highlighted the vulnerability of coastal...
  • State of Nature and climate change
    State of Nature , a scientific collaboration of 25 UK conservation organisations, saying that our species are in already trouble, my thoughts turned to consider how climate change might be part of that...