extremes

The ESCC Hub has investigated how fire-generated thunderstorms, such as those experienced during the 2019/20 Black Summer fires, are formed, their current trends and how these trends may change under …

The ESCC Hub has conducted a range of research into our changing oceans and coasts, including topics such as marine heatwaves, sea level rise, ocean change, ocean observations, extreme sea …

Here are 5 things you should know about the Hub’s work on drought and water futures over its lifespan of research.

New Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub explores changes to the frequency and intensity of extratropical cyclones under a warming climate, including resulting rainfall pattern changes.

The Australian State of the Climate 2020 report reveals a picture of long-term climate trends and climate variability. The biennial climate snapshot draws on the latest observations and climate research …

New Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub research shows that the number of lows in southern Australia during 2019 was about half the number we expect in a normal year …

New Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub research published in the Journal of Climate investigates how we can better understand which east coast lows cause the most severe impacts.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is currently undergoing the government review process for Working Group I (the Physical Science Basis) of its Sixth Assessment Report. Three science presentations are …

In this webinar, Dr Pandora Hope from the Bureau of Meteorology provides an overview of the latest extreme event attribution science, discusses results from a number of case studies across …

In this webinar, Dr Julian O’Grady provides an overview of the latest science on extreme sea levels, and gives a brief demonstration of the newly released Canute3.0 tool to estimate …

In this webinar John Clarke provided a demonstration of the Thresholds Calculator tool within the Climate Change in Australia website to estimate the frequency of future hot, cold, wet and …

20 December 2018 Michael Grose and Lynette Bettio Michael Grose is the Lead Chief Investigator in the ESCC Hub’s Project 2.6: Regional climate projections science, information and services, which is …

Hub researchers found that conditions favourable for bushfires to cause their own storms (which can lead to extremely dangerous bushfires) have increased in south-eastern Australia since 1979.

Climate change affects more than temperature – we’ve also seen the fingerprint of climate change on frosts and extreme rainfall.