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Research brief: The dynamics of summer heatwaves over Sydney

August 15, 2019 12:50 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: The dynamics of summer heatwaves over Sydney

This study answers the questions: how different is the meteorology of heatwaves in NSW from those in Victoria, and how representative were the heatwaves of 2017 of previous heatwaves in NSW?

Research brief: Lost and found? A search for the Tasman Front

July 18, 2019 8:28 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: Lost and found? A search for the Tasman Front

Gabriela Pilo and colleagues find that the Tasman Front is not so much a constant current, as is widely accepted, but switches between being an extension of the East Australian Current and an eddy field.

Research brief: New calculations reveal Arctic could be ice-free at 1.5°C

July 9, 2019 9:00 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: New calculations reveal Arctic could be ice-free at 1.5°C

Climate scientists testing a new mathematical and statistical method that converts projections of future climate outcomes in a warming world into reliable probabilities have found there is a significant chance the Arctic could be ice-free even if world leaders meet the Paris targets of 1.5°C and 2°C.

Research brief: Indian Ocean played key role in rapid 2016 Antarctic ice decline

June 27, 2019 11:17 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: Indian Ocean played key role in rapid 2016 Antarctic ice decline

Antarctic sea ice had been growing in area since 1979, despite the influence of global warming. Then unexpectedly in the austral spring of 2016, there was a rapid decline. CLEX researchers used multiple runs of a coupled ocean-atmosphere climate model to investigate whether these distant influences played a role and, if so, the level of the contribution to the sea-ice decline.

Research brief: Experiments on the Monash Simple Climate Model

June 9, 2019 2:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: Experiments on the Monash Simple Climate Model

This study introduces the Monash Simple Climate Model (MSCM) experiment database. The MSCM is based on a simple climate model and provides a wide range of model simulations to illustrate how the climate system works.