Professor Adam Scaife of the Meteorological Office, Exeter will be talking about 'The Climate in Hooke's Era: the Little Ice Age and extreme winters' the Mediaeval warm period was followed by the tendency for colder winters and cooler, wetter summers from approximately 1450 to 1850 and occurred on a global scale. Though we are now concerned about global warming, the climate is unpredictable and anomalies can occur, e.g the eastern Antarctic appears to becoming colder.

The Planetarium, Fort Victoria Country Park, Westhill Lane, Freshwater. As usual, no need to book, just turn up.

Verdi's Cafe at Fort Victoria will be prepared to stay open until before the talk, but you must book in advance for a meal. Tel: 761777.

Prof. Adam Scaife – Head of Monthly to Decadal Prediction
Adam leads research and production of long range forecasts at the Met Office. His group issues climate forecasts on a regular basis and carries out world leading research to improve forecasts for adaptation to climate variability and change.

Adam's personal research is focused on climate variability. He has published more than 100 peer reviewed articles on the predictability, mechanisms and computer modelling of climate variability. His research group recently made an important breakthrough in seasonal forecasting for winter which allows many new applications of long range forecasts for Europe and North America.

Adam was recently awarded the Royal Meteorological Society’s Adrian Gill prize, the Met Office LG Groves prize for meteorology and the Lloyds of London Science of Risk Prize in the Climate Change category.