BBC article about eco-friendly ways to stay cool in a heatwave

Vikki was quoted in the BBC today discussing eco-friendly tips to stay cool in a heatwave. This was also featured in The Guardian and on Yahoo – have a read! 21st July 2021

Dann’s paper published in Nature Climate Change in the media

Dann receives Turing Fellowship

Dann has been awarded a Turing Fellowship to develop interdisciplinary links on climate change, health, and data science across the partnership. Congrats Dann! 29th March 2021  

Richard Hall to feature on BBC’s Weather World 

Richard will be on BBC’s Weather World programme on the 2nd April discussing Sudden Stratospheric Warming, watch it here. 24th March 2021.

Richard Hall interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol

Richard Hall interviewed on the Breakfast programme this morning discussing a Sudden Stratospheric Warming which occurred on the 5th January and may be related to cold extremes over North West Europe. 7th January 2021.

Dann Mitchell on Britains Wildest Weather C4 programme

Dann Mitchell featured on Channel 4’s Britains Wildest Weather 2020 this weekend. 5th December 2020

GW4 Early Career Climate Symposia co-chaired by Natalie Lord

Natalie Lord was co-chair of a team of ECRs who organised the first GW4 Early Career Climate Symposia, held in December. This interactive online event, titled “Climate Change: Science and Society”, focused on interdisciplinary research on global climate change, particularly around the main themes of the impacts of climate change, mobilising societal change, and sustainable solutions. 4th December 2020

What are the three biggest challenges associated with climate change? Meeting participant wordcloud

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