How might the UK climate change in the future.



 How might the climate of the UK change in the future?





Globally warming could:





1. Make global temperatures higher

ð  Bring higher temperatures to all parts of the UK





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ð <span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:black;mso-color-index:1;mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;language:en-GB;mso-style-textfill-type:solid;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Rainfall in the west may be higher if the North Atlantic becomes warmer but possibly drier in the east. <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal;">

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<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:red; mso-font-kerning:12.0pt;language:en-GB;mso-style-textfill-type:solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color:red;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">3. Cause changes in the North Atlantic Drift – some predictions say the Gulf Stream may stop! ð <span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:black;mso-color-index:1;mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;language:en-GB;mso-style-textfill-type:solid;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Bring colder <span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:black;mso-color-index:1;mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;language:en-GB;mso-style-textfill-type:solid;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">temperatures to all parts of the <span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:black;mso-color-index:1; mso-font-kerning:12.0pt;language:en-GB;mso-style-textfill-type:solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor:text1;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:black; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">UK

ð <span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:black;mso-color-index:1;mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;language:en-GB;mso-style-textfill-type:solid;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Bring fewer depressions to the UK and therefore less rainfall to the west of the UK

ð <span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:black;mso-color-index:1;mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;language:en-GB;mso-style-textfill-type:solid;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Rain may become less predictable

<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:red; mso-font-kerning:12.0pt;language:en-GB;mso-style-textfill-type:solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color:red;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">HOWEVER this is very difficult to predict as the systems involved are very complex.