The Arctic and the UK: Climate, research and engagement
• The Arctic has warmed by around 2°C since 1850, approximately double the global average. Even if the Paris Agreement successfully limits global warming to a further 0.5°C, the Arctic is expected to warm by at least another 1°C. • The United Kingdom’s (UK) weather is linked to conditions in the Eur...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:528043 2023-05-15T14:27:51+02:00 The Arctic and the UK: Climate, research and engagement Siegert, Martin Bacon, Sheldon Barnes, David Brooks, Ian Burgess, Henry Cottier, Finlo Depledge, Duncan Dodds, Klaus Edwards, Mary Essery, Richard Heywood, Karen Hendry, Katharine Jones, Vivienne Lea, James Medby, Ingrid Meredith, Michael Screen, James Steinberg, Philip Tarling, Geraint Warner, James Young, Gillian 2020-06 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528043/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528043/1/DP%207%20The%20Arctic%20and%20the%20UK%20-%20climate,%20research%20and%20engagement.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/80095 en eng The Grantham Institute https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528043/1/DP%207%20The%20Arctic%20and%20the%20UK%20-%20climate,%20research%20and%20engagement.pdf Siegert, Martin; Bacon, Sheldon; Barnes, David orcid:0000-0002-9076-7867 Brooks, Ian; Burgess, Henry; Cottier, Finlo; Depledge, Duncan; Dodds, Klaus; Edwards, Mary; Essery, Richard; Heywood, Karen; Hendry, Katharine; Jones, Vivienne; Lea, James; Medby, Ingrid; Meredith, Michael orcid:0000-0002-7342-7756 Screen, James; Steinberg, Philip; Tarling, Geraint orcid:0000-0002-3753-5899 Warner, James; Young, Gillian. 2020 The Arctic and the UK: Climate, research and engagement. Imperial College London, The Grantham Institute, 8pp. (Grantham Institute Discussion Paper 7) cc_by_4 CC-BY Publication - Report NonPeerReviewed 2020 ftnerc 2023-02-04T19:50:51Z • The Arctic has warmed by around 2°C since 1850, approximately double the global average. Even if the Paris Agreement successfully limits global warming to a further 0.5°C, the Arctic is expected to warm by at least another 1°C. • The United Kingdom’s (UK) weather is linked to conditions in the European Arctic. For example, high atmospheric pressure in the Nordic Seas divert damaging storms across the UK and mainland Europe, with the potential to cause societal disruption from flooding. • It is possible, although presently unconfirmed, that alterations in Arctic conditions provoked the ‘Beast from the East’ winter storm in 2018. • Scientists need to take observations and improve their understanding of climatic processes in the Nordic Seas and the Arctic Ocean to fill gaps in knowledge about the links between the Arctic climate and the UK’s weather; a risk identified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). • The UK has significant research expertise and experience to understand how global warming will change the Arctic’s environment and affect the UK. • This strength, allied with the capabilities of the UK’s new polar research ship the RRS Sir David Attenborough, warrants an integrated programme of research, including advanced numerical modelling, to improve predictions of future extreme weather events. • Such a programme must acknowledge that the Arctic is politically an increasingly congested and contested space. It should be designed in collaboration with key Arctic and near-Arctic nations to increase the UK’s influence and ability Report Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Climate change Global warming Nordic Seas Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Arctic Arctic Ocean |
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• The Arctic has warmed by around 2°C since 1850, approximately double the global average. Even if the Paris Agreement successfully limits global warming to a further 0.5°C, the Arctic is expected to warm by at least another 1°C. • The United Kingdom’s (UK) weather is linked to conditions in the European Arctic. For example, high atmospheric pressure in the Nordic Seas divert damaging storms across the UK and mainland Europe, with the potential to cause societal disruption from flooding. • It is possible, although presently unconfirmed, that alterations in Arctic conditions provoked the ‘Beast from the East’ winter storm in 2018. • Scientists need to take observations and improve their understanding of climatic processes in the Nordic Seas and the Arctic Ocean to fill gaps in knowledge about the links between the Arctic climate and the UK’s weather; a risk identified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). • The UK has significant research expertise and experience to understand how global warming will change the Arctic’s environment and affect the UK. • This strength, allied with the capabilities of the UK’s new polar research ship the RRS Sir David Attenborough, warrants an integrated programme of research, including advanced numerical modelling, to improve predictions of future extreme weather events. • Such a programme must acknowledge that the Arctic is politically an increasingly congested and contested space. It should be designed in collaboration with key Arctic and near-Arctic nations to increase the UK’s influence and ability |
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Siegert, Martin Bacon, Sheldon Barnes, David Brooks, Ian Burgess, Henry Cottier, Finlo Depledge, Duncan Dodds, Klaus Edwards, Mary Essery, Richard Heywood, Karen Hendry, Katharine Jones, Vivienne Lea, James Medby, Ingrid Meredith, Michael Screen, James Steinberg, Philip Tarling, Geraint Warner, James Young, Gillian |
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