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Disastrous floods in WA – why were we not prepared?
It’s time we include Indigenous knowledge when creating disaster risk management strategies and climate change adaptation plans.
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Why Pacific Islanders are staying put even as rising seas flood their homes and crops
Relocation and retreat are not a panacea for climate risk in vulnerable locations. In many cases, people prefer to adapt in place and protect at-risk areas. No climate adaptation policy should be decided without the full and direct participation of the affected local people and communities.
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What is air turbulence?
Will climate change make turbulence worse?
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What does ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence Mean For Teaching? A Climate Science Lecturer Investigates.
Universities, and educators in general, need to quickly start thinking about how these technologies are going to affect the way we teach and how we assess students.
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Extreme heat in the midst of the Big Wet for northern Australia – what’s going on with the weather?
We need to be prepared for different types of extreme weather over the summer. Wherever you are in Australia, it is important to keep up-to-date with the weather forecasts over the next few months.
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State of the climate: what Australians need to know about major new report
While the urgency for action has never been more pressing, we still hold the future in our hands – the choices we make today will decide our future for generations to come.
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Professor Andrew Pitman elected as an Australian Academy of Science Fellow
Andrew Pitman is an international authority on the role of land surface processes in the climate system including their influence on regional rainfall and temperature extremes.
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Climate science dominates the 2022 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science
Two Associate Investigators at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes have been recognised by the 2022 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science.
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Dr Chiara Holgate announced as a superstar of STEM
Dr Chiara Holgate has been announced as one of Australia’s newest Superstars of STEM.
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Think storms are getting worse? Rapid rain bursts in Sydney have become at least 40% more intense in 2 decades: The Conversation
An intensification of 40% in only two decades means we must re-evaluate existing flood-control systems and standards. We also need to explore whether it is happening elsewhere or unique to Sydney.
