Environmental Research Web, 24 November 2014
environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/59308
Rising temperatures, rainfall changes and shifting monsoon set to harm crop output
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The Guardian, 16 November 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/nov/16/weatherwatch-no-flowers-no-birds-november
Kate Ravilious finds Thomas Hood’s poem describes a different month to the ones we experience today
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The Guardian, 10 November 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/nov/10/country-diary-all-eyes-sun
Kate Ravilious on why astronomers are keeping an anxious watch on AR 12192, the biggest sunspot to appear since 1990
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The Guardian, 5 November 2014
www.theguardian.com/science/2014/nov/05/terrawatch-tibetan-plateau-shift-height-zhada-basin-shells
Kate Ravilious on the Tibetan Plateau shift
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The Guardian, 19 October 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/oct/19/california-drought-dust-bowl
Kate Ravilious on a study showing that California’s current crippling three-year drought may be caused by the same atmospheric conditions as triggered the “Dust Bowl” of the 1930s
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Horizon - The EU research and innovation magazine, 16 October 2014
Clothes that recharge your laptop – the near-endless possibilities of artificial leaves
Using a protein taken from nature, scientists have made artificial leaves that can harvest energy faster than natural ones, and the ultra-lightweight material opens up the possibility of wearable technology and paint-on solar cells.
The Guardian, 13 October 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/oct/13/weatherwatch-clouds-environment
Kate Ravilious explains why clouds don’t fall to earth – until it rains
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The Guardian, 1 October 2014
www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/01/terrawatch-mount-ontake-eruption-japan-steam
Kate Ravilious on why the eruption of the Japanese volcano may have been almost impossible to predict.
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The Guardian, 14 September 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/sep/14/weatherwatch-leaves-shape-climate
Kate Ravilious on how the shape of a tree’s leaf is influenced by the climate that the tree prefers
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The Guardian, 8 September 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/sep/08/weatherwatch-prediction-impossible
Kate Ravilious on why those alluring ‘super precise’ forecasts of summer showers are so frequently inaccurate
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The Guardian, 5 September 2014
www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/05/terrawatch-iceland-volcano-bardabunga
Kate Ravilious reports on the stirrings of a volcano that has erupted more lava than any other on Earth in the last 10,000 years.
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The Guardian, 29 August 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/aug/29/weatherwatch-rainfall-data-school-children
Kate Ravilious on how a project involving primary school children with the collection of rainfall data could significantly improve weather forecasts
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The Guardian, 17 August 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/aug/17/weatherwatch-lightning-map-live
Kate Ravilious on how a network of enthusiasts with lightning detectors has created a live online map of the world’s electrical storms
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The Guardian, 11 August 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/aug/11/weatherwatch-storm-bertha-boomerang
Kate Ravilious on how it may become more common in the future for tropical storms to bounce back across the Atlantic and batter western Europe
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The Guardian, 1 August 2014
www.theguardian.com/science/2014/aug/01/terrawatch-everlasting-fire
Kate Ravilious describes what happens when a coal seam catches alight deep beneath the ground.
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Cosmos, 28 July 2014
beta.cosmosmagazine.com/earth-sciences/kathmandus-earthquake-nightmare
By analysing fault lines in Nepal scientists hope better to predict the next big one. The problem is finding them, as
Kate Ravilious discovers.
The Guardian, 20 July 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/jul/20/weatherwatch-temperature-coldest-antarctica
Kate Ravilious on the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth – 31 years ago today, at a Russian research station in Antarctica
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The Guardian, 7 July 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/jul/07/weatherwatch-riding-into-wind
Kate Ravilious assesses some of the meteorological challenges facing riders in the Tour de France
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The Guardian, 4 July 2014
www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/04/terrawatch-asteroid-impact-plate-tectonics
Kate Ravilious on how Earth’s surface jigsaw of tectonic plates may have been triggered by a cataclysmic asteroid impact
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The Guardian, 15 June 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/jun/15/weatherwatch-wheat-heat-stress
Kate Ravilious explains how too much sun at this time of year, as the wheat comes into flower, can reduce crop yield by over a fifth
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Archaeology Magazine, 9 June 2014
www.archaeology.org/issues/141-1407/letter-from/2175-scotland-bennachie-peasant-community
The Guardian, 9 June 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/jun/09/weatherwatch-why-sky-blue
Kate Ravilious explains why what you see when you look up depends on the invisible molecules above your head
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The Guardian, 6 June 2014
www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jun/06/terrawatch-indonesia-volcano-tectonic-plates
Kate Ravilious explains why the Indonesian archipelago is one of the most explosive places on Earth
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The Guardian, 30 May 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/may/30/weatherwatch-california-cherry-harvest-winter-fog
Kate Ravilious explains that the California cherry orchards missed their fog requirement last winter – and the harvest has suffered
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The Guardian, 18 May 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/may/18/weatherwatch-wildfires-darkness-mini-tornado
Kate Ravilious on how wildfires can effect places far from the fires, generate their own weather – and be beneficial too
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New Scientist, 15 May 2014
www.newscientist.com/article/dn25564-art-takes-a-shot-at-the-moon.html#.U3SFbl7XnFI
Visions of a new space race dominate a group show at the BALTIC 39 gallery in the UK, but sometimes the wonder of space is lost amid the practicalities
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The Guardian, 12 May 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/may/12/weatherwatch-all-world-map
Kate Ravilious finds the perfect way for weatherholics to while away a rainy afternoon
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The Guardian, 2 May 2014
www.theguardian.com/science/2014/may/02/terrawatch-ancient-egypt-iron-meteorite
Kate Ravilious on the source of the iron used in artefacts discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from hundreds of years before the start of the Egyptian iron age
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The Guardian, 27 April 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/apr/27/weatherwatch-icebergs-greenland-titanic
Kate Ravilious on how warm, wet weather in Greenland in 1908 may have caused excess iceberg calving over the following years
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The Guardian, 20 April 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/apr/20/weatherwatch-global-warming-ocean-heat-trade-winds
Kate Ravilious reports on research that suggests that, when it comes to assessing global warming, we’ve been measuring the wrong thing
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The Guardain, 4 April 2014
www.theguardian.com/science/2014/apr/04/earthwatch-shadow-eyjafjallajokull
Four years after an Icelandic volcano grounded Europe’s air traffic, Kate Ravilious wonders if the worst is yet to happen
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The Guardian, 16 March 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/mar/16/weatherwatch-tornadoes-america-disaster
Kate Ravilious reports on new research showing that the probablity of deadly tornado outbreaks in the US may be higher than previously thought
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The Guardian, 10 March 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/mar/10/weatherwatch-america-great-white-hurricane
Kate Ravilious recalls the devastating storm that took the US by surprise 126 years ago today
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The Guardian, 28 February 2014
www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/28/earthwatch-earthquake-bristol-channel
Kate Ravilious on the earthquake that shook the teacups in Devon recently, and on some historical quakes that have caused more damage in Britain in past centuries
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The Guardian, 16 February 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/feb/16/weatherwatch-groundwater-flooding
Kate Ravilious on groundwater flooding, caused by saturated rocks and overflowing aquifers
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The Guardian, 10 February 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/feb/10/weatherwatch-careful-what-wish-for
Kate Ravilious explains why the lovely warm summer we are all looking forward to could mean even more intense deluges
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The Guardian, 31 January 2014
www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jan/31/earthwatch-oh-lucky-planet
Kate Ravilious introduces a new series that will explore and celebrate the fascinating rocky lump we call home
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The Guardian, 19 January 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/jan/19/weatherwatch-forecast-mars-sand-dunes-wind
Kate Ravilious explains how scientists plan to use the alignment of grains of sand to predict prevailing wind speeds on Mars and Titan
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New Scientist, 15 January 2014
www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129523.100-the-seven-deadly-sinners-driving-global-warming.html#.Ut6Zf9mnzGh
A study has identified the countries that have contributed most to climate change over the past century
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The Guardian, 13 January 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/jan/13/weatherwatch-atmospheric-rivers-floods-cumbria
Kate Ravilious reports on “atmospheric rivers” that can carry as much water as the Amazon – and drop it over a small region
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The Guardian, 3 January 2014
www.theguardian.com/news/2014/jan/03/weatherwatch-ice-storm-north-america-toronto
Kate Ravilious on the ice storm that cut the power to nearly 800,000 people just before Christmas, caused, surprisingly, by an exceptionally warm air mass over New York
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The Guardian, 3 January 2014
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/shortcuts/2014/jan/03/why-is-the-british-weather-so-bad-right-now
Lingering warm air that drifted from the Sahara to the Atlantic this summer could be to blame for Britain’s storms and heavy snowfall in the US and Canada
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The Guardian, 15 December 2013
www.theguardian.com/news/2013/dec/15/weatherwatch-southern-ocean-research-seals
15 Dec 2013: Kate Ravilious reports on how elephant seals are helping to improve our weather forecasts
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Archaeology, 10 December 2013
archaeology.org/issues/120-1401/letter-from/1623-england-excavations-edward-jenner-garden
Excavations in an English garden reveal the evolution of the nation’s culture across thousands of years
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The Guardian, 6 December 2013
www.theguardian.com/news/2013/dec/06/weatherwatch-rain-measurement-windscreen-wipers
Kate Ravilious on how motorists are helping German scientists measure rain conditions more effectively
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The Guardian, 29 November 2013
www.theguardian.com/news/2013/nov/29/weatherwatch-fungi-mushrooms-spores
Kate Ravilious reports on recent research that shows the remarkably clever means by which mushrooms ensure wide dispersal of their spores
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The Guardian, 17 November 2013
www.theguardian.com/news/2013/nov/17/typhoon-haiyan-trees-global-warming
Kate Ravilious warns that future superstorms could prevent regrowth of the trees uprooted by Haiyan
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New Scientist, 11 November 2013
www.newscientist.com/article/dn24558-typhoon-haiyan-may-have-created-carbon-burp.html
As the Philippines assesses the damage caused by typhoon Haiyan, scientists calculate that storms like this release carbon from forests, worsening climate change
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