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A climate scientist on India and Pakistan’s horror heatwave, and the surprising consequences of better air quality
India and Pakistan are both working to reduce heatwave impacts through plans that also focus on early warning of heatwaves and improved public communication of ways to find relief from heat.
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A new global picture of compounding weather and climate hazards
The difference in results between the high-skill and low-skill CMIP6 models highlights an urgent need to examine why some models work well and some don’t, and, ultimately, improve those with weaknesses.
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Extreme climate and weather events in a warmer world
The world must pull together to create a future in which extreme events, and the damage they cause, remain relatively rare
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The impact of climate extremes on Australia’s marine environment
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes is working to understand marine heatwave predictability.
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Tiny satellites are changing the way we explore our planet and beyond
Want to go to space? It could cost you.
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Why research on compounding weather and climate hazards is important
Climate Extremes is leading research that will ultimately help businesses and governments better assess the risks posed by compound events.
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The state of weather and climate extremes 2021
The year 2021 saw a wide range of extreme weather and climate events impacting Australia.
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The east coast rain seems endless. Where on Earth is all the water coming from?
At any one time, Earth’s atmosphere holds only about a week’s worth of rain. But rainfall and floods have devastated Australia’s eastern regions for weeks and more heavy rain is forecast. So where’s all this water coming from?
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‘One of the most extreme disasters in colonial Australian history’: climate scientists on the floods and our future risk: The Conversation
While the role of climate change is hard to pin down in Australia’s biggest floods, we know flooding often strikes our east coast. Building greater resilience to severe flooding would help lessen their impact.
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Like rivers in the sky: the weather system bringing floods to Queensland will become more likely under climate change
Every little bit we do to limit carbon emissions might mean one less flood and one less person who has to rebuild.
