Royal Institution "The new normal: how weather whiplash is shaping our lives"

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A theatre and livestream talk presents three short talks on technology and the effects of changing weather systems, including droughts, floods and hydrology.

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This is a theatre and livestream talk from the Royal Institution of Great Britain. A series of three enlightening short talks uncovering the technology helping us overcome the severe impacts of changing weather systems, presented by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. ADVANCE BOOKING AND PAYMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS TALK. More details and booking instructions on the RI web site: https://www.rigb.org/whats-on/new-normal-how-weather-whiplash-shaping-our-lives SUMMARY It feels like there's no such thing as a normal year anymore; it's either too wet or too dry, and we seem to go from drought to floods and back again within the space of a few months, which we call 'weather whiplash'. Floods and droughts cause crop failures, destroy homes, and make taps run dry. Climate models suggest we need to get used to it, adapting our food systems and the way we use water, but the impacts to the same events seem so different in different parts of the country. Why does the same amount of rain cause flooding in one place but not another? Why does a dry spell cause a drought in one year but not the next? It's because of the hidden hydrology that shapes our landscapes.

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