Heatwaves are Australia’s deadliest type of natural disaster. But while we know a lot about the weather patterns behind them, more research is needed to forecast accurately their impacts on people.
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Global temperatures like 2015 will by normal by 2030, and Australia’s record-breaking 2013 summer will likely be an average summer by 2035.
Since April 2015, each month has been the hottest on record and it’s the longest hot streak on record.
Do you ever feel that the weather is worse on the weekend? Well you might be right!
Australia is facing an above-average cyclone season, with at least 11 cyclones likely in the region.
Resistant bacteria enter our aging sewer infrastructure and may eventually end up in the environment through sewage spills.
Here’s the science behind the amazing colours we should see on British trees this year.
Will 2017 be a ‘bbq summer’? It depends on changes in the jet stream.
Most people in Australia’s southeast are familiar with the stormy weather known as East Coast Lows. But they might not realise how much scientific progress has been made in understanding them.
A total of 1,859 people have died in floods in Australia in the past 115 years.
Eastern Australia’s massive storms will likely become rarer in a warmer world, but probably more intense.
From floods to drought, fire to famine, the 2015-16 El Nino has had a global impact.
From floods to drought, fire to famine, the 2015-16 El Nino has had a global impact.
It’s all to do with the ‘Swiss cheese model’.
Australia’s snow season is notoriously fickle - so what determines whether we’ll get a good fall?
The summer of 2015-2016 was the hottest on record for Australia’s oceans.
Sydney is in the process of smashing the record for the longest run of days above 26°C. Weather, El Nino and climate change are all playing their part.
Cyclone Winston produced wind speeds of around 300 km per hour, making it one of the strongest storms to make landfall.
The U.S. Southwest drifted into a drier state during the last 35 years due to fewer rain-producing weather patterns and hotter temperatures.
Former PM’s business advisor Maurice Newman recently claimed that satellite temperature data tell a different story to data collected on the ground. He’s right - but that’s how it’s meant to be.
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