June 28, 2022 10:18 am
Published by Climate Extremes
The Southern Ocean is a primary heat sink that buffers atmospheric warming and has warmed substantially, accounting for an outsized portion of global warming-induced excess heat in the climate system.
June 22, 2022 9:10 am
Published by Climate Extremes
Phytoplankton, microscopic marine algae that photosynthesize, facilitate the sequestration of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into the ocean, thus, contributing to the regulation of global climate.
June 20, 2022 5:07 pm
Published by Climate Extremes
The El Nino–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has far reaching impacts through atmospheric teleconnections, which make it a prominent driver of global interannual climate variability.
June 20, 2022 9:30 am
Published by Climate Extremes
Heatwaves are Australia's deadliest natural hazard. Anthropogenic climate change has increased the intensity, frequency and duration of heatwaves over Australia in the past several decades and these trends are projected to worsen in the future.