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Episode 10 - It's getting hot in here: the 2018 heatwave
Royal Meteorological Society Podcast
English - June 27, 2018 15:28 - 12 minutesNatural Sciences Science Government climatechange climatescience meteorology weather Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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