Occasional Blog Articles

2020

The Meteorology Department's Weather and Climate Blog, Desert Dust in the Atmosphere: Giant Particles, Giant Consequences.

2018

The Conversation, an article on Sydney's November 2018 dust storm and how dust storms may change in the future: Sydney's orange sky reminds us how unpredictable dust storms can be.

The Meteorology Department's Weather and Climate Blog, "What's The Secret of Coarse Dust?", where I explain why understanding the long-range transport of coarse mineral dust particles is so important.

2017

A short piece on why we saw a yellow sun over the UK on Monday 16th October 2017, associated with transport of Saharan dust and Iberian wildfire smoke, ahead of ex-hurricane Ophelia. Red Sun at Midday, Meteorologist's Delight. (Or even better, Red Sun at Midday, Crazy Shepherd?!)

2012

Blood Rain for Halloween - will we really get red rain this Halloween?.

2011

A day in the life of a mission scientist - what it's like to take part in an aircraft campaign with the BAe146 research aircraft.

Is pollution making London Duller? - can spatial patterns of aerosol have an effect on the amount of sunlight reaching the surface?