Category: RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks
How a watch could save your life on a hot day
by Alvin Stone | Jan 13, 2021 | News, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks | 0
Project Coolbit, is an ongoing investigation that aims to create a personalised approach to assessing thermal comfort and preventing health complications during extreme heat events. It is research that could not only save the lives of individuals but may also change the way we design future cities.
Read MoreAustralia’s Black Summer a climate wake-up call
by Alvin Stone | Jan 7, 2021 | News, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks, RP3 Drought | 0
The 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires are a “wake up call” demonstrating the extreme effects of climate change in Australia, according to a group of experts who’ve published a new study examining the factors that caused the disaster.
Read MoreResearch brief: New protocol aims to improve the quality and communication of extreme event attribution
by Alvin Stone | Nov 23, 2020 | Research briefs, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks | 0
This paper aims to catalogue the steps the authors have found make up a successful framework for event attribution analyses. The hope is that this paper will be useful for those considering how to undertake such work themselves and to highlight some of the potential issues and pitfalls that can arise along the way.
Read MoreRecord Breakers: What causes the longest, largest and most intense ocean heatwaves
by Alvin Stone | Nov 17, 2020 | Research briefs, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks, RP4 Climate Variability | 0
In a new study published in Nature Scientific Reports, a group of oceanographers, atmospheric scientists, ecologists and fisheries experts got together to identify the most severe marine heatwaves over recent decades. The objective was to understand what triggered these events and led to their ultimate demise.
Read MoreResearch brief: New climate sensation scale can tell you how you feel
by Alvin Stone | Oct 20, 2020 | Research briefs, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks | 0
CLEX researchers and colleagues have developed a new six-dimensional semantic space to describe sensations and comfort outdoors.
Read MoreResearch brief: IPCC review reveals climate impacts occur at lower temperatures than previously thought.
by Alvin Stone | Oct 19, 2020 | Research briefs, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks | 0
An international review of IPCC reports since 2001 has found that as the science has improved with each report, a trend has appeared showing climate related impacts like heatwaves, the collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet and coral bleaching are likely to occur at lower global mean temperatures than estimated in earlier reports.
Read MoreHow climate change impacts prescribed burning days
by Alvin Stone | Jul 29, 2020 | News, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks | 0
Climate change will affect prescribed burning days in the future. Unexpectedly, it is not all bad news, but as the coming century progresses there are definitely changes ahead for our firefighters in Australia when it comes to preparing for a fire season, especially along the east coast of Australia.
Read MoreNeed for prediction of marine heatwaves
by Alvin Stone | Jul 29, 2020 | News, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks | 0
CLEX researchers and colleagues have highlighted the need for the development of systems to predict marine heatwaves, which are a growing threat to marine ecosystems and industries as the climate changes.
Read MoreResearch brief: Decomposing temperature extremes errors in CMIP5 and CMIP6 models
by Alvin Stone | Jul 24, 2020 | Research briefs, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks, RP3 Drought | 0
CLEX researchers addressed the error compensation issue for temperature extremes by defining a novel performance metric that identifies those models that can simulate temperature extremes well and simulate them well for the right reasons.
Read MoreMarine heatwaves affecting the ocean’s tiniest organisms
by Alvin Stone | Jul 22, 2020 | News, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks | 0
Tiny microbes at the base of the ocean food chain will be increasingly affected by marine heatwaves as the climate changes.
Read MoreHeatwave trends accelerate worldwide
by Alvin Stone | Jul 2, 2020 | News, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks | 0
The first comprehensive worldwide assessment of heatwaves down to regional levels has revealed that in nearly every part of the world heatwaves have been increasing in frequency and duration since the 1950’s. The research has also produced a new metric, cumulative heat, which reveals exactly how much heat is packed into individual heatwaves and heatwave seasons.
Read MoreResearch brief: Tasmanian marine heatwaves could be forecast years ahead
by Alvin Stone | Jun 4, 2020 | Research briefs, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks | 0
Marine heatwaves that impact southeast Australia could be forecast years in advance, with important implications for fisheries and the environment in this region
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