There is growing concern over the impacts of inter-annual climate variability and anomalous and 'extreme' weather events such as droughts, floods, storm events and unusually high or low temperatures.

Weather Extremes

'Spaces of Experience and Horizons of Expectation': Extreme weather in the UK, past, present and future

This is a three year study funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The research uses historical records and oral history approaches to explore how people have understood, been affected by and have responded to climate variability and extreme events through time.

Specifically we are exploring how and why particular events become inscribed into the cultural fabric of communities and how they have contributed to community change in historical and cultural contexts.