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The summer forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology predicts a hot, dry summer.
Despite its global importance, the rainy ‘Maritime Continent’ around Indonesia is hard to capture using global climate models. But fear not - new research shows how to improve our forecasts.
The forecast arrival of El Niño may mean the east coast of Australia will experience an exceptionally hot and dry summer, but does this mean there will be fewer mosquitoes buzzing about?
The teeth from two Neanderthal children and a relatively modern human child reveal their exposure to seasonal changes during their early life.
Bill C-69 will slow down Canada’s efforts to transition to a decarbonized and sustainable economy.
For everyone from traditional hunters to the military, the National Park Service to the oil industry, climate change is the new reality in Alaska. Government, residents and businesses are all trying to adapt.
The future climate that scientists predict for the middle of the United States is one that will foster more hail events with bigger hailstones.
Scientists need to continue working across disciplines to find ways to disrupt disease transmission in the context of climate change.
A new outlook from the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts a dry, warm spring – and not the sustained rain we need.
The ideological hardliners were obsessed with the climate, free speech and other culture wars. Their discordant voices have been amplified by their good mates in News Corp, including Sky, and 2GB.
What can we expect from our future climate after looking at the ‘Hothouse Earths’ of the past?
Yesterday’s weather helps make sense of today’s, but how will this change as the climate changes?
Australia has always suffered heat and flood, but a detailed seasonal rainfall reconstruction of the last 800 years shows the extremes are intensifying.
Some experts argue globalization has been bad for the environment. But moving away from globalization could have other consequences that could be even more devastating for the environment.
An annual assessment of the health of Australia’s environment shows mostly stable conditions in 2017, but ecosystems on land and at sea suffered ever higher temperatures.
The Bureau of Meteorology’s climate outlook for April to June is ‘neutral’, but that doesn’t mean we’re flying blind, weather-wise.
Clouds can reveal a great deal about the world we live in. Here’s what happens when scientists find a whole new type.
The creation of climate models with open source code, available for anyone to use, has improved scientific collaboration and helped research get more efficient.
At present on the African continent, the politics of persuasion are especially consequential in the area of agri-food research and development.
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Head of Operational Climate Services, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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 Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Distinguished Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
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Climate Projections Scientist, CSIRO
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
