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At best, nuking a hurricane will do nothing, and at worst it will spread radioactive fallout around the world.
South Africa's annual sardine run is occurring increasingly late, and there have been instances where it doesn't happen at all. Here's why.
Half the deaths from Atlantic hurricanes are down to storm surge. People in vulnerable regions need to be aware of what it is and how it threatens their safety.
In 1887 Queensland’s chief weatherman Clement Wragge began naming tropical cyclones, using names from the Greek alphabet, fabulous beasts and politicians who annoyed him.
Thousands of lives have been saved thanks to an Indian state's effective disaster-relief planning.
Some areas in Kenya haven't experienced "long rains" for three consecutive years causing crop failures and food insecurity.
Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive, and may have boosted the intensity of cyclone Idai that hit Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi.
What raises a common winter storm to the level of 'bomb cyclone'? It's all about rapid, sharp changes in atmospheric pressure – and the scientists who coined the term meant to highlight their power.
At a very simple level, "weather" refers to day-to-day conditions. "Climate" describes the average over many years.
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.
After Cyclone Tracy, you'd expect Darwin of all cities to be ready for the next one. But as the clean-up after Cyclone Marcus continues, it's clear more must be done to increase the city's resilience.
A survey of recent global trends in temperature and rainfall – and a lesson for Mr Trump on the difference between weather and climate.
The US was hit by a 'bomb cyclone' last week, bringing icy cold and driving snow. These storms develop very rapidly, forming outside the tropics, typically on continental east coasts in winter.
Promoting individual resilience will contribute to reductions in disaster threats for at-risk communities globally.
In the wake of natural disasters, pets are be stranded, lost or abandoned. There are simple guidelines that can help keep your whole family safe.
Why don't people evacuate their homes when warned of impending storm danger? To save lives, resiliency plans must understand how locals in climate-vulnerable places assess risk.
Water moves into Australian homes during severe tropical storms like Cyclone Debbie. But no definitive housing codes, standards or guidelines exist to stem the flow of unwanted storm water.
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.
Sydney, Melbourne and many other areas can expect to pay more for veg from next month, after widespread crop losses in Bowen, a major source of winter vegetables such as tomatoes, beans and capsicum.
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Head of Long-range Forecasts, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Climatologist, National Climate Centre, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Risk Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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FXB Research Fellow, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, UNSW
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Leader, NESP Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub, CSIRO
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Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
