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Climate newsletter |
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Issue 122 | 23 September 2026 |
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In a recent blog post, we explore the latest on the El Niño climate driver. El Niño can have impacts here in the UK and our blog post explores these possibilities.
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The Copernicus Climate Change Service reported in their latest Climate Bulletin that August 2026 was the joint hottest month on record worldwide. Globally, the average surface air temperature in August was 16.96°C, making it the hottest month ever recorded (for all calendar months), tied with July 2023. Notably, this temperature was 1.65°C higher than the estimated 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline for the month, putting the world once again over 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
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The Met Office in collaboration with the Momentum Partnership, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), have developed LFRic a next-generation modelling system designed to exploit advances in supercomputing and support the future of weather prediction and climate projections.
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More than 54 million historical weather observations from 95 countries have been digitised and made available online, helping researchers access valuable climate records that were previously difficult or impossible to obtain.
Dating from as early as 1837, the newly available data includes observations from across Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East and beyond. Alongside remarkable discoveries including an international weather station network, the project is helping fill gaps in long-term climate datasets and support climate research, adaptation and resilience planning worldwide.
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Mental health charity Mind have recently published information for the public on climate change and mental health. They provide information on how climate change can impact mental health based on research and engagement with people with lived experience. They provide tips on how people can manage their feelings at an individual level, while acknowledging that governments, businesses, and society need to take action to protect the environment for real change to happen.
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Providing you with evidence-based information on climate science.
Earths’ climate is constantly changing and there are many natural drivers of this. Natural climate cycles – including El Niño mentioned in the blog post above - long-term shifts in the earth’s orbit and volcanic eruptions are examples of natural cycles and events which impact our climate, in some cases over thousands of years. But these can’t explain current warming which is occurring at over ten times the rate of warming after the last glacial period. Current warming is caused by increases in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from human activities such as burning fossil fuels or changing how we use land.
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Our Climate Conversations series covers the latest research and real-world impacts of climate change. Topics have included record-breaking marine heatwaves, the future of UK sporting events and sustainable education. Stay tuned, as there are more episodes coming up. You can watch all previous episodes on our playlist and subscribe to our YouTube channel or Spotify to keep up to date.
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