The impact of climate extremes on Australia’s marine environment
March 31, 2022 11:45 am Leave your thoughtsThe ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes is working to understand marine heatwave predictability.
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Why research on compounding weather and climate hazards is important
March 16, 2022 11:04 am Leave your thoughtsClimate Extremes is leading research that will ultimately help businesses and governments better assess the risks posed by compound events.
Climate change and tipping points
March 7, 2022 4:20 pm Leave your thoughtsTipping points exist in the climate system, and it is very unlikely that all tipping points are known. Different tipping points are understood with different levels of confidence, they operate on different timescales, can interact to trigger cascades of abrupt changes, and some tipping point changes are irreversible on timescales of centuries to millennia.
Could understanding the Indian Ocean improve climate predictions for Australia?
March 3, 2022 11:33 am Leave your thoughtsConditions in the Indian Ocean can affect the risk of Australia experiencing droughts, floods, marine heatwaves and bushfires and alter the prospects for rainfed agriculture in some parts of the country.