Episode 10 - It's getting hot in here: the 2018 heatwave

June 27, 2018 00:12:50
Episode 10 - It's getting hot in here: the 2018 heatwave
Royal Meteorological Society Podcast
Episode 10 - It's getting hot in here: the 2018 heatwave

Jun 27 2018 | 00:12:50

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Show Notes

Following a prolonged heat wave across the UK Prof Liz Bentley, RMetS Chief Executive and Tara Thompson, head of Communications at RMetS, discuss what defines a heatwave, what meteorological conditions cause such extremes of temperature and the kind of environmental and social effects they can have.

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