Weather forecasting is improving at a great rate, even though climate change could be making it tougher.
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Projections show that there’ll be Indian Ocean dipoles in the future – and that means more rainy days, and more extreme rainfall.
The Met Office has predicted that England is to be affected by flooding this February.
Processes like La Niña set the scene for the sort of extreme weather that has hit eastern Australia. But what decides which towns and suburbs are hit hardest, and which ones are spared?
An accurate seafloor map can improve oceanographic and climate models, secure marine navigation, inform defence operations, and guide environmental decisions.
Smart people can have really bad ideas – like selectively breeding human beings to improve the species. Put into practice, Galton’s concept proved discriminatory, damaging, even deadly.
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Research professor, Uni Research
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Professor of Hydrology and Geomorphology, Cardiff University
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Lecturer in Climate Risk, Cardiff University
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Professor of Dryland Hydrology, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Earth Science, Royal Holloway University of London
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Research Fellow, Monash University
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Climate Research Fellow with the Climate Futures Programme, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, Monash University
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Ocean Mapping Instructor, School of Ocean Technology, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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PhD Candidate, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
