Since 1999, Australia has swung between drought and deluge with surprising speed, because El Niño has fallen into sync with similar patterns in the Indian and Southern Oceans.
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The odds of being hit again by a large flood are higher for cities that have already been flooded before. Here’s why we still don’t move away.
Extreme weather will affect people and animals, as well as whole ecosystems. Research using satellites shows that ecosystems worldwide are vulnerable to collapse.
Climate change makes extreme weather more likely – but we also have the power to make our flood responses smarter.
CSIRO’s climate science has contributed a number of important, and unexpected, findings.
Insuring the most at-risk homes should become easier after April, but the latest deluge makes the new scheme look fragile.
Cumbria 2015 shows how we have failed to learn from two other ‘one in 100-year events’ in the past 15 years.
We accept the risks of flooding because the costs of making our towns and cities flood-proof are too high.
When disaster strikes, more people than ever are turning to social media to find out if they’re in danger. But Australian emergency services need to work together more to learn what works to save lives.
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.
Delta cities in both rich and poor countries face uphill, and potentially costly, battle in containing risk from flooding.
The Outback covers 70% of Australia, and its water is precious and scarce. Yet there is no joined-up plan to monitor and manage Outback water, despite the wealth of species and communities that depend on it.
The climate is changing. Development patterns that have hardly served us well in the past certainly won’t serve us well in the future. Now is the time to adapt.
The National Flood Insurance Program – the only source for flood-prone property protection – is drowning in debt.
A new database of UK coastal flooding will help prevent future disasters.
The Australian Academy of Science has warned that sick, older, poor and isolated Australians are at most risk from the health impacts of climate effects such as drought, fires, floods and heatwaves.
Extreme rainfall in Sydney is increasing - but only in summer, potentially leading to more flash floods in the city.
What causes the wild weather that’s hit Sydney and central New South Wales over the past 24 hours?
Natural disasters are becoming more frequent, with more people with less money exposed to a greater number of hazards.
This summer has seen a predictable share of fires in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia, flooding in Queensland, and several severe thunderstorms. However, there are already…
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Associate, UNSW Sydney
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide
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Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading
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Associate Professor, Macquarie University
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, Honorary Adjunct Research Fellow, Western Sydney University
