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Strikes, climate change and the cost of living are among factors that will affect product availability this winter.
Drinkable water resources are becoming increasingly scarce. Are technologies such as desalination capable of averting such a crisis?
The flooding in Pakistan is the latest in a sequence of exceptional disasters in the Northern Hemisphere. How much is climate change to blame?
The world’s great rivers are see-sawing from trickles to floods.
China is in the midst of a devastating heatwave and drought. This has thrown the nation into an electricity crisis. And China has doubled down on coal investments to meet demand.
Paris successfully took water back into public ownership. There is growing evidence to suggest England should do the same.
Storms and flash floods often follow a heatwave.
Britain is suffering through its worst drought since the 1970s.
Flash flooding often follows periods of drought.
The UK is no stranger to drought – especially southern England.
Despite international and national responses to the drought, the situation is dire. The government’s response is a lesson in how not to deal with drought.
Water companies are presenting people with an ethical dilemma.
It’s not just mosquitos. Flooding, extreme heat and other climate-related hazards are bringing people into contact with pathogens more often, and affecting people’s ability to fight off disease.
Unlike this time, the dry summer of 1976 followed a particularly dry year.
Rationing water at home will benefit moisture-starved ecosystems.
Federal Labor has pledged to deliver the Murray Darling Basin Plan. But a new report casts serious doubt on that promise.
Determining whether a region or farm is “in drought” is a longstanding and complex problem which remains important to our future drought response.
Many wildlife species face an uncertain future due to recurring, severe drought.
The UK recorded blistering hot temperatures as the US and Europe also experienced sweltering heat waves.
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Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Head of Operational Climate Services, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Regents Professor Emeritus and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy Emeritus, University of Arizona
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Chief Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO, CSIRO
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Senior Research Associate, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
