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These are some of the most complex and important pieces of software ever written.
A lack of human activity in the Southern Ocean is just one reason why the air is so clean. Clouds and rain play a vital role in scrubbing the atmosphere, removing natural airborne particles too.
Natural variability in Australian rainfall can produce “mega-droughts” lasting 20 years or more. Add in human-caused climate change, and future droughts may be far worse than imagined.
Climate scientists have simulated Arrakis as a desert and with its long-lost oceans.
To date, the effects of climate change on global rainfall has been uncertain. New research overcomes this uncertainty – with alarming results.
Solar farms that span whole countries could change the climate – new study.
We can’t prevent continued global warming without reaching net zero carbon dioxide emissions. New climate simulations show what might happen when we get there.
Global climate models don’t let us zoom in on the fine details. A new set of high-resolution climate models for Australia is solving this problem.
Back when there were Arctic alligators and turtles, ‘polar stratospheric clouds’ kept their world warm. Research suggests these clouds contribute to the ‘missing warming’ in climate models.
Climate modelling in the 1980s offered the first glimpses of what might lie beyond a nuclear war.
The 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave outstripped even the most severe climate prections. A new study simulated 45,000 years of weather at Seattle Tacoma airport to try and figure out why.
Turbulence strong enough to pose an injury risk could be set to double or triple in frequency in the future.
Where there’s fire, there’s smoke – could plumes from the Black Summer of fire have cooled regions of the Pacific and triggered a La Niña? New research suggests it’s possible.
The ocean absorbs a quarter of the CO₂ emitted by humans, thanks in particular to phytoplankton, including diazotrophs. Knowing how to model them is crucial to understanding the ocean’s role in climate.
From more accurate climate modelling to the prospect of truly creative computers, the brain’s use of noise has a lot to teach us.
A recent paper suggested damaging climate tipping points could be closer than first thought.
Yes, dinosaurs really did survive in snow – we simulated the Cretaceous climate to prove it.
Climate models from the 1970s and 80s stand up incredibly well when compared with actual warming trends.
More than half of the world’s best growing land could become less suited for coffee.
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Associate in Meteorology, University of Bristol
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Senior lecturer, University of Tasmania
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Research Lead Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub, University of Sheffield
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Research Associate in Paleoclimate Modelling, University of Bristol
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Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Reader in Policy Modelling, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Professor in Climate Change and Paleoclimatology, Australian National University
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ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Climate Change Impacts, Newcastle University
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Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
