Current forecasts suggest a warm tropical Pacific will be interfering with what could otherwise be a ferocious Atlantic hurricane season.
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El Niño years put Hawaii and the Mexican Riviera on alert for destructive tropical storms and hurricanes.
The mystery surrounding a forgotten marine mammal, a remote archipelago and man-made pollution.
No place on Earth is free from pollution.
By analyzing small samples of killer whale fat, scientists can learn about the diets of different killer whale populations. This has implications for our understanding of changing ecosystems.
After three long years of rainy weather, La Niña is over. But that doesn’t mean El Niño is a certainty. Here’s why.
An independent assessment of Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, nearly 12 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, finds it safe and reasonable.
The Pacific Ocean climate pattern is the opposite of El Niño.
An expert explains why the UK’s winter has been relatively calm.
From bushfires in Australia to insect-borne disease outbreaks in Colombia.
Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is set to release radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean – but the cause for concern is minimal.
The Met Office has predicted that England is to be affected by flooding this February.
A new analysis of deep soil sediments accumulated in the mangroves of Pohnpei and Kosrae islands reveals a potentially different history of human arrival in this oceanic region.
The findings have big implications for how Australians prepare for extreme weather events.
Most of the flooded communities are Indigenous and rely on subsistence hunting that residents would normally be doing right now. Recovering from the damage will make that harder.
Millions of mangroves died off along Australia’s northern coast. The cause? El Niño - and the moon’s wobbly orbit causing extremely low tides.
Tsunamis can be generated by underwater volcanic explosions thousands of miles away. The Jan. 15 explosion in Tonga resulted in tsunami advisories for British Columbia and all along the U.S. west coast.
Tsunamis aren’t just bigger-than-average waves. Triggered by undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruptions like the one in Tonga, they are fast, massive and potentially destructive. Here’s why.
Offshore oil drilling has a long history in California, but is highly unpopular today. The latest major spill is likely to fuel efforts to wind down oil and gas production statewide.
Making biofuels from crops grown on land poses trade-offs between food and fuel. A new study looks offshore.
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Monash University
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Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Professor of Coastal Oceanography, The University of Western Australia
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Chief Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO, CSIRO
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Laureate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, UNSW Sydney
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honorary Professor, The University of Melbourne
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University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Head of Operational Climate Services, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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