This week is Harmony week in Australia, a national celebration to recognise diversity and inclusion. For the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, it’s an opportunity to celebrate our international scientific community.
Jarrad Rowe, a heatwave expert at the Centre, explains how hot air from the central Australian desert contributed to scorching temperatures in Western Australia.
Last week, researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, CSIRO and ACCESS- NRI (Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator), gathered in Aspendale Victoria, to build a community of support for the development of CMIP7.
In 2023, Australia was hit by a broad range of particularly intense events, with economy-wide impacts. Here's a summary of 10 major extreme events from last year, ranging from early fires to low snowpack to compound events.
We are proud to support International Women's Day 2024 and honour the achievements of women. Whilst progress has been made, we must strive to remove barriers to reach gender equity in all areas.
From Cyclone Jasper to devastating fires in Queensland, Australia experienced unusually intense events in 2023. The State of Weather and Climate Extremes 2023 report, written by more than 30 of Australia's leading scientists, provides an analysis of the key extremes event of last year.
Following a submission by early career researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes in late November 2023, Dr. Nicola Maher provided evidence on the Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill Inquiry 2023.
Climate scientists have known for a while that there are “tipping elements” in the climate system. These elements can undergo an abrupt change in state, which becomes self-perpetuating and irreversible for a very long time.
This new approach makes it possible to study key characteristics of rainfall events in Australia and improves our understanding of heavy rainfall events.
Ocean fronts affect phytoplankton and marine food webs, including commercially important fisheries. As the ocean warms, any change in fronts could have considerable socio-economic impacts.