We rely on climate data to help us make important decisions for our future, such as building infrastructure. But what if a region's climate has long been more volatile than we realised?
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Bangalore's forgotten water wells are being revived, to help the city overcome centuries-old supply issues.
In South Africa, Cape Town fears "Day Zero", when the city will have to ration water drastically. The phenomenon threatens other cities as well but solutions exist.
Keeping global warming to 1.5°C could significantly decrease the frequency of extreme climate events across Africa.
New research projects that climate change could greatly increase airborne dust levels in the southwestern US, causing higher hospital admissions and premature deaths from heart and lung ailments.
Southern Australia's debate may be exacerbated by climate change, but it's not that simple.
The failure of political systems is the main cause of conflict and displacement but climate change can exacerbate this.
The beauty of rainwater harvesting is that anybody can do it.
Small solutions done properly can play a huge role in dealing with water scarcity.
Residents of a small Victorian town realised that delicious water can be a curse as well as a blessing, when they lost a legal battle to stop a local farmer shipping groundwater to a nearby bottling plant.
Australia has always suffered heat and flood, but a detailed seasonal rainfall reconstruction of the last 800 years shows the extremes are intensifying.
The Rose's mountain toadlet adapts its breeding habits according to the weather.
We looked at ten countries in East Africa and found poverty and politics were much more important drivers of conflict and displacement than climate change.
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 drought in Cape Town has taught the city some valuable lessons.
A new international report makes for bleak reading on the state of the world's soils. It predicts that land degradation will displace up to 700 million people worldwide by mid-century.
World Water Day shines a light on the importance of safe, clean drinking water, but a new report finds Canada's freshwater systems are under stress.
Water is one of our most precious resources, yet it's in danger. World Water Day reminds us of the need to develop policies and governance to avoid squandering water.
Governments and private companies have been seeding clouds to create snow for decades, without proof that it actually works. A recent study peered into clouds in search of answers.
Nature based approaches to solving water problems originated in Europe and don't take into account Africa's huge infrastructure deficit.
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Manager of Long-range Forecast Services, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Agus Santoso is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Research Associate, UNSW
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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ARC DECRA fellow, University of Melbourne
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Principal Research Scientist, Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CSIRO
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Melbourne
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University of Technology Sydney
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Fellow in Climate and Water Resources, University of Melbourne
