Southern Africa’s current above-average rainfall is a climate variability signal - a short-term fluctuation in average wet-season conditions.
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The risks of using aerosols to reflect sunlight and cool the planet include creating extreme weather and worsening catastrophes.
Climate change is throwing plants and pollinators out of sync.
An analysis of 21 former Winter Olympic venues found that only one of them would be suitable and offer safe racing conditions for athletes if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise.
Some trees explode into bits when lightning strikes. Some seem fine and die later. But others are unaffected.
Homegrown tomatoes and corn in Alaska? Climate change could make it possible in the 2030s and ‘40s – a rare silver lining for this fast-warming state.
The proposal is likely to mean economic and diplomatic costs for Australia, and should ring alarm bells in Canberra.
Any climate gains from Japan’s shift will be wiped out entirely unless Australia moves to zero-emissions ammonia production.
While species are and will be affected everywhere by climate change, those already living in a warm climate will reach their tolerance threshold faster.
Oilsands producers can expect banks to do extensive reviews of their creditworthiness over the next several months.
Winters are getting warmer, yet Bostonians were digging out from nearly 2 feet of snow from a historic blizzard in late January. Why is the Northeast seeing more big snowstorms like this?
Labor wants to run the Kurri Kurri gas power station on green hydrogen. But the figures don’t stack up.
Marine heatwaves will happen so often that reefs will struggle to weather successive bleaching events.
Around 17% of the mainland coastline is affected.
Increasing rainfall and degrading peatland are threatening archaeological artefacts buried in UK land.
Weather forecasting is complex and challenging. The process entails three steps: observation, analysis and communication.
Saving the Great Barrier Reef is not about throwing money at it – what matters is how the dollars are spent.
Extinction Rebellion’s 2022 climate action strategy needs to focus on stigmatising the fossil fuel industry if it’s to be successful.
A street-by-street analysis shows where the risks are rising fastest and also lays bare the inequities of who has to endure America’s crippling flood problem.
In order for snow to form, two distinctive weather properties are needed: cold temperatures and moist air. The Sahara can tick these boxes.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Adjunct professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University
