Weather forecasting stopped looking for patterns in the past, and started using numbers to look solidly at the future.
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What if extreme weather events could be attributed to human-induced climate change with confidence?
The link between melting sea ice and extreme weather has been known for a while, but now it’s happening further afield.
For over 20 years, Kenya’s Laikipia region and its neighbours have witnessed violence between January and April over location and geography.
The category 4 cyclone - the fifth storm of this year’s season, and the strongest so far - has buffeted the Queensland coast across a wide area centred on Airlie Beach.
Relying less on fossil fuels is one of the key challenges of energy transition, and taking weather variations into account can help increase the overall efficiency of a renewable-energy system.
Why a mysteriously placed rainbow made perfect symbolic sense – and how weather experts knew the exact date that it appeared.
Can California’s wet weather make earthquakes more likely? Scientists are still learning about what triggers these events. Even human activity can be a culprit.
Australia’s wheat harvest has stalled over the past 26 years, and worsening weather is to blame.
2016 is the third consecutive hottest year on record. How can we adapt?
For the third consecutive year, it’s the hottest year ever. A climate scientist explains how these predictions are made and why they’re completely different from forecasting the weather.
The UK really does have the wrong type of snow.
2016 was Australia’s fourth warmest year on record, capping off the hottest decade.
The Australian monsoon delivers most of northern Australia’s rainfall and is a vital feature of life in the region. But why does it occur?
October 2015 was the hottest on record for that month, and Tasmania had its driest ever spring.
Ruby and sapphire clouds may be hovering over exoplanet HAT-P-7b.
Lightning strikes are powerful – but we haven’t had solid estimates of their energy until now. Researchers turned to the hollow stone tubes they create by vaporizing sand for more precise calculations.
Researchers from a range of disciplines need to work together if we are to predict and prepare for the next thunderstorm asthma event.
Cape Grim’s air pollution station has recorded some of the biggest changes to the world’s atmosphere over the past 40 years.
The final weeks of 2016 would need to be the coldest of the 21st century to avoid it becoming the hottest year.
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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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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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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science and Colorado State Climatologist, Colorado State University
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Climate Projections Scientist, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Senior Research Associate, UNSW Sydney
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Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
