The Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England released almost all of the meteorological raw data it had from gathered from national meteorological services and grouped into a widely contested global land-temperature dataset, commonly known as CRUTEM.

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Novelist Rose Tremain has been appointed chancellor of the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich.

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Weather forecaster Jim Bacon of WeatherQuest, based at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, agreed.

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He graduated from the University of East Anglia (UEA) with a BA in Philosophy and Politics, and gained an MA in International Politics from the University of Southampton.

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"This was the final part of the puzzle, " said Dr Tom Clarke, a lecturer at the school of biological sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA), who led the research.

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