The science behind climate extremes is fascinating and diverse.
Our experts love to share their work with the media, websites like The Conversation and here at climateextremes.org.au – here’s some of their latest articles.
Note: sometimes we also share work and articles from researchers and organisations not directly affiliated or funded by our Centre. We love to share interesting work done by others in our field. If you’d like to share or adapt our work, please get in touch – email clex@unsw.edu.au
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No more excuses: restoring nature is not a silver bullet for global warming, we must cut emissions outright
We now need new international cooperation and agreements to stop expansion of fossil fuels globally and for governments to strengthen their national climate pledges under the Paris Agreements ratcheting mechanism. Promises of carbon dioxide removals via land cannot justify delays in these necessary actions.
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Our flood predictions are getting worse as the climate changes. We have to understand how hills shape floods
Floods are a difficult challenge for societies to deal with around the world. That’s because coping with floods requires us to make long-term decisions about where we live, how we live, and what we build in the face of a rapidly changing climate. To fully address these problems is an international, multidisciplinary task for scientists,…
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Concerns over a third possible La Niña for Australian spring 2022
Four out of seven forecasting models are predicting La Niña will return in late spring.
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Multi-year La Niña events
La Niña is an important cause of rainfall variability of Australia. A multi-year La Niña event can be particularly important for some climate risks. Some climate models are indicating that La Niña may continue for a third year through spring and summer 2022-23, increasing the chances of more rain and flooding.
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4 ways to understand why Australia is so cold right now despite global warming
Weather needs to be put in a long term context to understand why cold weather extremes still happen as global warming also occurs.
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A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia
At no time in Earth’s history, giant meteorites and super-volcanos aside, has our climate system been jolted by changes in atmospheric gas composition like what we are imposing today by our unabated burning of fossil fuels.