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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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Australian climate and weather modelling powers up with new research facility
“This facility is important for Australian science and for all Australians. It’s an investment in our nation’s know-how and our nation’s future.”
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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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Tackling inequality and challenges faced by women and other under-represented groups in science
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes is a Women in STEM Decadal Plan Champion
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Understanding Australia’s rainfall
By bringing together researchers focussed on the large-scale modes of climate variability with researchers investigating weather and land surface processes, our goal is to improve the regional predictions of how rainfall extremes will change in the future.
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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.
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Why is it so cold right now? And how long will it last? A climate scientist explains
Australia may see more cold spells than normal in winter 2022.
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Planetary waves, cut-off lows and blocking highs: what’s behind record floods across the Southern Hemisphere?
Global warming is likely to lead to more intense rainfall because warmer air can hold more moisture.