El Niño looms large as we head into the Australian summer. But can everyone expect hot and dry weather? What drives the weather in your state?
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La Niña is officially here for the third year in a row. You probably associate it with flooding, but how might it affect future drought and bushfires? And could a fourth La Niña be possible?
By following moisture from the oceans to the land, researchers worked out exactly how three oceans conspire to deliver deluges of rain to eastern Australia.
After one La Niña, the Pacific sometimes retains cool water which enables a second La Niña to form.
The latest bushfires cannot be compared to Ash Wednesday or Black Saturday. Our nation’s fire history is being rewritten.
Bureau of Meteorology researchers painstakingly analysed more than 40 years of data to work out exactly what is causing Australia’s spring bushfire phenomenon.
Since 1999, Australia has swung between drought and deluge with surprising speed, because El Niño has fallen into sync with similar patterns in the Indian and Southern Oceans.
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Senior Research Associate, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Bushfire Science, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Manager Research and Development, Country Fire Authority
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Senior Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Hydroclimatologist, Australian National University
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University of Technology Sydney
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