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Guest post: Is climate change making UK droughts worse? - Carbon Brief The year 2025 has seen exceptionally dry conditions in many parts of the UK. At...

NEW – Guest post: Is climate change making UK droughts worse?

✍️ Jamie Hannaford, @wilsonchan.bsky.social, Lucy Barker, Stephen Turner

➡️ Read here: buff.ly/boBB8nU

🌊🏜️🌍 New job opportunity @ukceh.bsky.social for a Hydroclimate Scientist to work on the @climatecocentre.bsky.social and @canari-science.bsky.social projects to advance understanding of hydroclimatic extremes in the face of climate change!

Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...

Low water levels at Pontsticill reservoir, south Wales, in July 2025.

Graph showing unprecedented low summer rainfall found in one example realisation of the ECMWF hindcast archive (in red) compared to observed summer rainfall (in black). The light grey shading indicates the highest and lowest rainfall in the observations over this period.

Series of maps of UK illustrating four storylines of river flows given a dry or wet July combined with sustained settled or unsettled conditions as a result of a shifted jet stream to the north or south of the UK.

💧 How can we plan for future droughts when past observations are limited?

UKCEH hydroclimatologist @wilsonchan.bsky.social explains how ‘hindcasts’ and the UNSEEN method can help us explore rare but plausible scenarios, filling gaps in observations.

New blog post: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪

@ukceh.bsky.social is looking for a Hydroclimate Scientist to join the team in Wallingford 🌧️☀️
Work on hydrological projections & climate resilience tools—real world impactful science.
Apply here 👉 ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...
#hydroclimate #climatejobs #UKCEH #droughtscience #careers

🌊🏜️🌍 New job opportunity @ukceh.bsky.social for a Hydroclimate Scientist to work on the @climatecocentre.bsky.social and @canari-science.bsky.social projects to advance understanding of hydroclimatic extremes in the face of climate change!

Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...

Check out this blog on visualising climate impacts on UK river flows from @amulyachevuturi.bsky.social and @edhawkins.org. It is based on research from the team at @ukceh.bsky.social.

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Visualising climate impacts on UK river flows Introducing streamflow stripes #ShowYourStripes

🌊 Streamflow Stripes are here!!! 🌊
Just in time for #ShowYourStripes Day – 21st June 🌍

Our team at @ukceh.bsky.social has created UK river flow stripes to visualise how these have changed over time.

📖 Read more: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/visualisin...

#ClimateChange #Hydrology #DataViz

Visualising climate impacts on UK river flows Introducing streamflow stripes #ShowYourStripes

CANARI scientists from @ukceh.bsky.social have created UK river flow stripes.

High flows are rising in the north/west and drought risk growing in parts of the south/east. Adaptation is needed to reduce impacts from swings between wet/dry.

🔗 climatelabbook.substack.com/p/visualisin...

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Stripes for ocean acidification, air quality, and biodiversity loss reveal alarming trends.

CANARI aims to better understand North Atlantic atmospheric and oceanic circulation and how they may shift in the future.

🔗https://oceanacidificationstripes.info/s/ph/basin/globalocean/entirebasin

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The stripes tell the story of how our climate has changed and it's not just warming at the surface. Temperatures are changing for the rest of the atmosphere and the ocean too 🌍

🔗https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/106/5/BAMS-D-24-0212.1.xml

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🔊21st June is #showyourstripes day 🌍

2024 was the warmest year on record globally. The stripes help start a conversation about climate change and climate action🥵

Download your warming stripes here:
showyourstripes.info

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Infographic with maps showing how North Atlantic Ocean temperatures are linked to UK droughts many months later.

🌊 Exciting research could help the UK better prepare for droughts... 

It shows a link between North Atlantic ocean temperatures and UK summer droughts, with signs up to 18 months ahead ☀️

@amulyachevuturi.bsky.social explains more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

@canari-science.bsky.social 🧪

This study was supported by the CANARI project and was a collaboration between @ukceh.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk, @ncas-uk.bsky.social and @ecmwf.int

The study reveals a teleconnection pathway linking North Atlantic sea surface temperature patterns, associated with freshwater inflows into the subpolar region, to shifts in the North Atlantic Current and jet stream, and reduction in UK precipitation and river flows at long lead times

Oceanic drivers of UK summer droughts - Communications Earth & Environment North Atlantic sea surface temperature influences hydrology in the United Kingdom up to 1.5 years in advance via a teleconnection with the position of the North Atlantic Current, which can help with d...

New CANARI research reveals predictability for UK summer droughts up to 1.5 years in advance 🏜️

Find out more in the paper published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, led by @amulyachevuturi.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

North Atlantic Ocean patterns can signal UK summer droughts up to 1.5 years in advance; offering major potential for early drought forecasting.

📢 Published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment! Read it here doi.org/10.1038/s432....

#UKDroughts #Teleconnections #Forecasting

Interested in better understanding how high-impact storms will change in future? Have a look at our new regional modelling position under the CANARI project - one week left to apply!
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Free training course: Data driven approaches to hydrological science | Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure Join us for this online course where you will learn to find, prepare, manipulate, analyse, model and present hydrological data in a series of skills-focussed workshops and seminars. Students will…

Free #training course: Data-driven approaches to hydrological science

Spaces limited - apply by 9 May! buff.ly/cT8ITpH 🧪 💧

CANARI at EGU General Assembly 2025 CANARI researchers will be taking part in the EGU25 conference Find out all the CANARI-related sessions and presentations.

CANARI is heading to the @egu.eu General Assembly in April with presentations from flood risk to sea ice variability and rapid Arctic change. 🌍🌊❄️

Find out more: canari.ac.uk/2025/04/07/c...

@ncas-uk.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk @nceoscience.bsky.social @cpom-uk.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk

Nice international commentary on hydrological transitions aka whiplash…including our @ukceh.bsky.social researchers who are working on such transitions in the UK, within the @canari-science.bsky.social project. More from this team soon (at EGU for example)….

YouTube video by CIWEM Climate Science in Water Systems: Informing Adaptation & Resilience to Climate Change | Part 1 of 4

It was great to give a talk recently for @britishhydrosoc.bsky.social/@ciwem.bsky.social!

Recording: tinyurl.com/mrxe878r

I talked about the climate impacts on UK floods/droughts and the need to better understand and prepare for record-breaking, unprecedented events 🌊🏜️

@ukceh.bsky.social

New CANARI online training course at UKCEH Free CANARI-supported UKCEH training course on “Data-driven approaches to hydrological science”

New free CANARI-supported training course hosted at @ukceh.bsky.social on "Data-driven approaches in hydrological science" led by @amulyachevuturi.bsky.social

Find out more and apply here: canari.ac.uk/2025/03/27/n...

#hydrology #climate

New CANARI online training course at UKCEH Free CANARI-supported UKCEH training course on “Data-driven approaches to hydrological science”

New free @canari-science.bsky.social training course hosted at @ukceh.bsky.social on "Data-driven approaches in hydrological science" led by @amulyachevuturi.bsky.social

Find out more and apply here: canari.ac.uk/2025/03/27/n...

#hydrology #climate

🔴The #StateOfClimate report, released today, reveals key climate change indicators again reached record levels in 2024.

Check out the full report: wmo.int/publication-...

AI generated image of scientist working in the climate field.

👨‍💻💡 CANARI SPRINT 💡👩‍💻
Our Sprint is a week-long coordinated effort of several research centres and around 40 researchers to analyse the data from the Large Ensemble. We are looking for how the ocean, atmosphere, sea ice and connections between could be changing. #ClimateScience

Picture of the supercomputing hall in the UK.

👩‍💻 What is a Large Ensemble? 👨‍💻
To answer some questions about climate change in the North Atlantic, we’ll use the CANARI Large Ensemble which is a set of climate model simulations. It will help us better understand extreme events and distinguish between forced climate change and natural variability.

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🔎 Understanding Rapid Climate Change 🔍
By understanding the processes that might cause rapid climate change, we can develop early warning systems for the UK. This knowledge is crucial for preparing for potential impacts. #ClimateResearch #EarlyWarning

Picture of patchy sea ice in the Arctic

❄️ Arctic Warming & Sea Ice Loss ❄️
One of the biggest threats to the UK's climate is the rapid warming of the Arctic and the loss of sea ice. The Arctic is warming at twice the rate of the global average, which could lead to significant changes in UK weather patterns. #ArcticWarming #ClimateChange

Picture showing broad ocean circulation and the jet stream in the North Atlantic

🌍 UK Weather & Climate 🌍
The weather and climate of the UK are shaped by the large-scale circulation of the atmosphere and ocean in the North Atlantic. Many factors influence these patterns, but rapid or disruptive changes are a major concern. #ClimateScience

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