The Barometer

It’s the third day at the AGU Fall Meeting and Will Morgan went to the exhibition hall to catch up with former Barometer podcaster Gavin McMeeking who is now working for a company that makes instrumentation that can measure black carbon in the atmosphere. Black carbon?, you ask.. Pitch black and all that? Get enlightened & listen to this episode!

Welcome to the second of our audio diaries from the American Geophysical Union Conference in San Francisco. Today Jennifer and Will are reporting on some of the background behind efforts to improve estimates of harmful pollutants in the atmosphere, with particular emphasis on ammonia. For more information on emissions and air pollution, check out our previous episodes here and

Welcome to the first of our audio diaries from the American Geophysical Union Conference in San Francisco. Today Jennifer and Will are reporting on a session discussing how the science and policy relating to the ozone hole developed and the parallels with efforts to tackle greenhouse gas emissions. For more information on what caused the hole in the ozone layer, check out our previous episode here.

Listen to the bonus track for the Hurricane - episode! Hear Dr Helen Macintryre based in Boston talk about what it was like on the US East Coast as the hurricane Sandy made landfall and how people prepared for the storm. Interviewer: Jennifer Muller

Hurricanes have been big news lately after Sandy caused severe destruction and loss of life across the Caribbean and United States of America recently. How do hurricanes (or tropical cyclones) form, what was special about Sandy and was it made worse by climate ...

The Barometer team are appearing at the Manchester Science Festival for the second year in a row. After our successful LIVE episode last year, we’ve decided to join in the fun activities at the Science Spectacular on the 27th October from 11am-3pm. We’...

The atmosphere during the Olympic Games London 2012 has been great and no doubt, people will remember the sporting successes and good party atmosphere during this summer 2012. But what about the air the athletes of the likes of Usain Bolt breathed in to win Gold medals? Join us for the second epis...

The Olympic Games in London 2012 with its many medals for Team GB has got the whole country excited and the athletes seem happy too: crowds are roaring, tracks are fast and the weather has not been too hot, and air quality - so important for that achieving that extra special performance - has been fine so far too...

Hold on, wait, what’s is connected to again? And what is a “troposphere” while we are at it. How far away is space, also, what is space…This time we have a look at the structure of our atmosphere.

As a bonus track to the main greenhouse effect episode “Throwing stones in green houses”, hear from atmospheric chemist Dr Stephane Bauguitte about carbon dioxide and methane measurements in Antarctic firn snow, emissions from Arctic lakes and Canadian forest fires. Find more details on the projects mentioned here: BORTAS - North Am...