Experts say recent weather is evidence that ‘climate is already changing here in the UK’ 2020 was the first year in which rainfall, temperature and sunshine rankings all reached a top ten spot in the UK. According to The Royal Meteorological Society, 2020 was the third warmest, fifth wettest and eighth sunniest year on record. […]
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The Winter Depression
Scarlett Parr Reid, Print Science Editor, discusses Seasonal Affective Disorder, an issue facing as much as 20% of the UK population
Flash flooding likely as Storm Angus batters Exeter
T he Met Office have issued an Amber Warning for heavy rain covering the whole of Exeter and Devon. Heavy rain is forecasted for most of Monday, with potentially as much as 60mm falling in two hours. The rain is set to continue into Tuesday. The rain comes on top of the weekend’s Storm Angus, upturning […]
Gone but not forgotten: toppled tree to be recycled
In what will be a ‘re-leaf’ for many students, timber from the toppled historical Reed Hall tree will be made into a commemorative seat and table on campus. The iconic leaning Monterey pine, which was brought over from California in the 1830s and thought to be one of the original plantings in the UK, fell overnight in the […]
Delving into… British weather
If there is one thing that us British are very keen about discussing it concerns the weather. We love, often every day, to moan about how dreary and how cold it is. For us, the weather is either too cold, too hot, too unreliable or too boring. The weather is never good enough for us. We moan […]
Snow expected in Exeter next week
According to a recent forecast, Exeter could be set to receive snow this coming month. The Met Office has predicted that between Tuesday 12 January and Thursday 21 January, there is the possibility of showers falling as small amounts of sleet or snow in the South of England. “Tuesday will be largely unsettled with showery conditions interspersed […]