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Professor Andy Pitman speaks to the Australian Parliament on severe weather and roads
“It is unambiguous that climate is changing due to human activity – specifically the emissions of greenhouse gases. These are increasing the risk of some extreme events.”
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Modelling Research Program – 2022 Update
Numerical models of the weather and climate system are key research tools in gaining a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that generate climate extremes. They are also our primary tool… View Article
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Ocean Extremes Research Program – 2022 Update
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes’ Ocean Extremes research program published a range of groundbreaking research keenly focused on our three research projects and the program continued significant… View Article
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Drought Research Program – 2022 Update
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes’ Drought research program has had a very productive year, including building momentum through two in-person workshops of the research team. In March… View Article
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Attribution and Risk Research Program – 2022 Update
The Attribution and Risk research program had a busy start to the year, organising and participating in a number of seminars and meetings around the February and March extreme rainfall… View Article
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Weather and Climate Interactions Research Program – 2022 Update
The Weather and Climate Interactions research program investigates climate, and especially climate extremes, through a weather lens.
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Rapid Rain Bursts in Sydney
When researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes discovered that rapid rain bursts in Sydney had intensified by 40 percent in two decades, it caught the attention… View Article
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Climate science leaders of the future – 2022 Update
Associate Professor Melissa Hart has been the heart of the Researcher Development Program since the inception of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, in 2017.
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Finance Sector and Financial Risk – 2022
As recognition of climate risk and business grows, and as regulators encourage business to consider climate risk, the breadth of interested organisations grows.
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Say my name: the polarising name of atmospheric rivers
While scientific debate is important and healthy, we must be careful not to let nomenclature become the centre of the debate, and ultimately delay progress in our understanding of phenomena.
