CLEX, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes

The Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEX) is an international research consortium of five Australian universities and a network of outstanding national and international partner organizations supported by the Australian Research Council.

Climate extremes are the confluence of high impact weather and climate variability. The Centre will improve our understanding of the processes that trigger or enhance extremes and build this understanding into our modelling systems. The improved predictions of climate extremes will help Australia cope with extremes now and in the future.

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Research brief: Groundwater’s essential role in preserving plant transpiration during drought

Picture: Remnant native vegetation at Avoca. Credit: Greenfleet Australia. Groundwater buffers negative impacts of droughts and heatwaves on ecosystems. However, most climate...

CLEX Seminar Series: James Dyke

https://youtu.be/VSp3Kl3LXxQ James Dyke from Global Systems Institute, Exeter University, discusses Net Zero: fact, theory and wishful thinking.

CLEX Seminar Series: Detlef van Vuuren

https://youtu.be/dEc1WAEqnBw Detlef van Vuuren from PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency talks about integrated scenarios to support climate research.

Australian bushfires spawn massive phytoplankton bloom

Picture: Himawari-8 satellite image showing smoke from January 2020 bushfires stretching over the South Pacific. Credit: Japanese Meteorological Agency (Creative Commons 4.0)....

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