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Rapidly dropping temperatures, rain and wind are hitting south-eastern Australia, due to a perfect combination of warm seas and low-pressure systems.
It was the Seine’s rise and fall, in response to heavy rain, that inspired our current understanding of river systems.
To answer this question from Fiona, age 6, we need to know some things about clouds and light.
Last year saw plenty of warm weather around the country, but other notable events included dry months in the southeast, some very cold winter nights, and record-warm dry season days in the north.
Climate change can not be managed from a global perspective alone.
The effects of climate change are being strongly felt in the North, but how caribou respond depends on what changes occur.
Georgina, age 5, wants to know why rainbows are round.
Green roofs could play a critical role in helping cities cope with extreme rainfall events in the age of climate change. The roofs essentially suck up stormwater like sponges if designed properly.
New research shows Australian farmers are adapting to climate change, offsetting at least part of a climate change-induced decline.
The record floods of 1954 and 1974 still stand as Lismore’s high-water marks. But Tropical Cyclone Debbie delivered her deluge far more abruptly than the rains that triggered those historic floods.
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.
The seesaw between El Niño and La Niña is set to get stronger with global warming. Signs are that this year and next will deliver a big swing from one to the other, prompting fires and floods across the world.
Are you one of those people who can smell when the rain is coming? Ever wondered then what you’re actually smelling?
Tree growth rings in America have given an insight into the effects of long-term droughts due to monsoon failure. Common…
We all know what to expect from summer in Australia. From December through March it will be hot, there will be storms and floods, and there will be bush fires. It’s been like that for as long as history…
This summer hasn’t just felt hot. It’s been hot. In fact, the summer of 2012-13 is now the hottest on record. Average temperatures beat the record set in the summer of 1997-98, and daytime maximum temperatures…
Rainfall extremes are increasing around the world, and the increase is linked to the warming of the atmosphere which has taken place since pre-industrial times. This is the conclusion of a recent study…
Surprising evidence from the oceans suggests they are responding to warming at a faster rate than we previously thought. These changes are expressed by patterns of freshening and enhanced salinity in the…
A mosquito being rained on is the equivalent in size, mass and force of a human being hit by a car, so how do they survive…
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