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Our thoughts about geology, climate hazards, data and more. See the latest articles written by our team...
Subsidence: due diligence for today and the future
Summer has arrived with a scorching presence and, with climate models predicting that we will experience hotter, drier summers in the future, it gives us a glimpse into what we may experience – including impacts on vulnerable people...
Large sinkhole swallows up part of London street
BBC London News called on our Head of Science Dr Timothy Farewell to provide an expert view on the Bexleyheath sinkhole that dramatically appeared on a residential road yesterday (22nd June). "Our data immediately identifies that...
The UK's hottest day on record
Yesterday, the Met Office confirmed that July 19th 2022 was the hottest day ever recorded in the UK, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. This is around 1.5 degrees more than the previous record, which was captured only in 2019, in my home town of Cambridge...
New report helps homebuyers better prepare for extreme weather hazards
Following its market debut in April, Dye & Durham is celebrating the 1,000th order of its Climate Report, which helps conveyancing professionals inform homebuyers of the hazards arising from climate change — both today and until the 2080s...
Back to the future: predicting climate change hazards
The data insights we have into climate change impacts never fails to surprise: we know that around 4,000 properties are at substantial risk from coastal erosion across the UK, and over the next 80 years this is expected to jump up to around 23,000...
Climate Change: 7.65 million homes could be exposed to subsidence risk by the 2080s
Data analysis has identified that more than 7.65 million properties in Great Britain could be exposed to medium or high risk of soil subsidence by the 2080s – an increase of over 1.89 million individual property...
