Extreme weather, such as the heavy rainfall battering eastern Australia, is like military conflict.
"Unfortunately, with our third La Niña in full swing and wet conditions likely to persist for at least the remainder of spring, flooding is more likely than normal."
As La Niña continues, we can expect more widespread heavy rain events. And since eastern Australia’s soils are saturated in many areas, there’s a renewed chance of flooding.
As these vital currents change, they will change the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people who live along the coasts of South Africa, Australia and Brazil.
Successive lean years caused by back-to-back La Niña events will hit both the survival rate and reproductive ability of these animals.
La Niña should serve as an "early and timely reminder for all to get storm-prepared"
We must prepare for a wet spring and possibly another wet summer to come.
If the Southern Ocean continues to account for the vast majority of ocean heat uptake until 2100, we might see its heat content increase by as much as seven times more than what we have already seen up to today.
Clouds are the missing part of the orchestra in climate modelling and predictions.
Almost all catastrophic events are the consequence of multiple drivers acting together.