Publications

Briefing: How the climate is changing and will continue to change

Read the DARe Briefing summarising how the climate is already changing, both globally and in the UK specifically, how it is projected to change, and what the potential impacts in the UK could be.

Some key points covered in the briefing:

Changes to the ocean, ice sheets, and global sea level are irreversible for centuries to millennia
Average global precipitation has likely been increasing since 1950
The UK has experienced an increase in extreme high temperatures
Projections for mean precipitation vary regionally across the UK