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First joint partnership meeting with Met Office
Eunice Lo organised our first collaboration meeting between The University of Bristol and The Met Office as part of our newly awarded academic partnership. The theme was ‘Taking Weather and Climate through to Human Health’. 22nd October 2020
Eunice Lo and Dann Mitchell write guest post for Carbon Brief
Eunice and Dann have written a guest post in Carbon Brief – How ‘urban heat islands’ will intensify heatwaves in UK cities. 2nd October 2020
Emily Vosper’s research on future hurricane projections in the news
Devastating hurricanes could be up to five times more likely in the Caribbean if tougher global warming targets are missed – Emily Vosper has been featured in international news articles during August in relation to Hurricane Laura for her work on future projections of hurricane rainfall in the Caribbean. 2nd September 2020
Eunice Lo and Dann Mitchell write new Bristol in Brief article
PolicyBristol published new Bristol in Brief article on Extreme weather and their impacts under climate change written by Eunice Lo and Dann Mitchell. PolicyBristol aims to enhance the influence and impact of research from across the University of Bristol on policy and practice at the local, national and international level. 12th August 2020
Cabot Institute for the Environment feature case study on team’s hurricane risk work
Mitigating hurricane risk in the Caribbean and beyond case study featured on The University of Bristol’s Cabot Institute for the Environment webpage. 12th August 2020
Erin Walker wins poster presentation prize!
Congrats to group member Erin Walker who won a poster presentation prize this week at the RMetSoc Student and Early Career Conference. 1st July 2020
Risk of 40C heat in the UK ‘rapidly increasing’
Dann Mitchell and Eunice Lo discuss the the chances of anywhere in the UK hitting 40C over the next decade in Carbon Brief. 30th June 2020
BBC article on highest ever temperatures in Arctic Circle
Have a read of this BBC article about the Arctic Circle seeing it’s ‘highest-ever’ recorded temperatures with input from Dann Mitchell. 22nd June 2020
Emily Vosper’s paper published
Emily V’s paper published titled ‘Extreme hurricane rainfall affecting the Caribbean mitigated by the Paris Agreement goals’ in ERL. 28th May 2020
Dann Mitchell talks to Sky News about Cyclone Amphan
Film Night – David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet
The team watched the documentary, David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet. This was thought provoking and we would definitely recommend it!
The food choice was Mexican although sadly no churros but we did have some fine looking dishes: burritos, tacos, enchiladas and loaded nachos. 16th October 2020
Film Night – Dolemite Is My Name
Our second group film night…Dolemite Is My Name and the food choice was Indian. Fun Times! 12th June 2020
Film Night – The Two Popes
Our first ever virtual group outing. We randomly chose a team member to pick a Netflix film and someone else to suggest a cuisine that everyone had to cook. The winning film was The Two Popes and the food was Italian (Thanks Eunice and Emily B!). 8th May 2020
Locked in a room
The team ‘competed’ against each other at the Harbourside escape rooms – we won’t name the losing team as it’s the taking part that matters :). 16th December 2019