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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On our wettest days, stormclouds can dump 30 trillion litres of water across Australia
As La Niña continues, we can expect more widespread heavy rain events. And since eastern Australia’s soils are saturated in many areas, there’s a renewed chance of flooding.
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Shifting ocean currents are pushing more and more heat into the Southern Hemisphere’s cooler waters
As these vital currents change, they will change the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people who live along the coasts of South Africa, Australia and Brazil.
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Dugongs and turtles are starving to death in Queensland seas – and La Niña’s floods are to blame
Successive lean years caused by back-to-back La Niña events will hit both the survival rate and reproductive ability of these animals.
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Brace yourselves for yet more rain – BoM declares triple-dip La Niña
La Niña should serve as an “early and timely reminder for all to get storm-prepared”
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La Niña, 3 years in a row: a climate scientist on what flood-weary Australians can expect this summer
We must prepare for a wet spring and possibly another wet summer to come.
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The Southern Ocean absorbs more heat than any other ocean on Earth, and the impacts will be felt for generations
If the Southern Ocean continues to account for the vast majority of ocean heat uptake until 2100, we might see its heat content increase by as much as seven times more than what we have already seen up to today.