Environment

A new long-range forecast system developed by Met Office scientists has delivered a potential advance in the skill of predictions for European and North American winters.

The system uses a next generation prediction system to give potentially more helpful guidance on winter weather patterns up to weeks ahead.

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£4.3m pinch point improvement project to reduce congestion near Leeds and Wakefield, UK

The work will involve widening all of the approaches to the M1 junction 41 roundabout, from 2 lanes to 3 lanes, widening the roundabout to accommodate three lanes, improving lining and signing, refurbishing the traffic signals, improving lighting and...

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Arctic sea ice at fifth lowest annual maximum

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Arctic sea ice extent for March 2014 was 14.80 million square kilometers (5.70 million square miles). The magenta line...

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Air quality is continuing to improve across the UK

In the last few days a combination of local emissions, light winds, pollution from the continent and dust blown over from the Sahara caused a spike in the UK Air Quality Index compiled by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra...

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