Over the last few years, our weather in Britain has become more extreme. Last winter was the wettest ever recorded, as deadly storms battered the country for weeks on end. But previous winters have seen bitter lows of -22, as Britain was plunged into a deep freeze. What everyone wants to know now is: why is our weather getting more extreme, can we expect to see more of it in the future, and has it got anything to do with climate change? In this episode of Horizon, physicist Dr Helen Czerski and meteorologist John Hammond make sense of Britain's recent extreme weather and discover that there is one thing that connects all our recent extreme winters - the jet stream, an invisible river of air that powers along 10 km above us. What's worrying is that recently it has been behaving rather strangely. Scientists are now trying to understand what is behind these changes in the jet stream. Helen and John find out if extreme winters are something we may all have to get used to in the future.
| Title | Horizon - Season 51 Episode 12 : What's Wrong with Our Weather? |
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| Alternative Titles | BBC Horizon |
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| First Air Date | 1964-02-04 |
| Last Air Date | 2024-07-22 |
| Number of Episodes | 1169 |
| Number of Seasons | 60 |
| Genres | Documentary, |
| Networks | BBC Two, |
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| Plot Keywords | , |
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Horizon Season 51 :Episode 1 Monitor Me Monitor Me
2013-08-12Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
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Horizon Season 51 :Episode 2 Defeating the Hackers Defeating the Hackers
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Horizon Season 51 :Episode 3 Dinosaurs: The Hunt for Life Dinosaurs: The Hunt for Life
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Horizon Season 51 :Episode 4 Sugar v Fat Sugar v Fat
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Horizon Season 51 :Episode 5 Swallowed by a Sink Hole Swallowed by a Sink Hole
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Horizon Season 51 :Episode 6 Man on Mars - Mission to the Red Planet Man on Mars - Mission to the Red Planet
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Horizon Season 51 :Episode 7 The Power of the Placebo The Power of the Placebo
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Horizon Season 51 :Episode 8 How You Really Make Decisions How You Really Make Decisions
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Horizon Season 51 :Episode 9 Living with Autism Living with Autism
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Horizon Season 51 :Episode 10 Where is Flight MH370? Where is Flight MH370?
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Horizon Season 51 :Episode 12 What's Wrong with Our Weather? What's Wrong with Our Weather?
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