We’ve explored the key drivers of Australia’s variable and changing climate, and have used and improved our national climate model (ACCESS) to better understand these drivers and how our climate …
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‘Flash droughts’ can dry out soil in weeks. New research shows what they look like in Australia
by Sonia BluhmNew research into flash droughts and how they occur in Australia may help to allow warning of flash drought in advance.
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Record 2020 spring temperature across Australia virtually impossible without human-caused climate change
by sschmidtHow do researchers assess whether record temperatures were caused by climate change? They use a process called ‘extreme event attribution’. And they’ve just run an analysis for the record-breaking temperatures …
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In this webinar, Tess Parker and Ailie Gallant from Monash University provide an overview of flash drought – what it is, how it works and what it means for the …
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Just how hot will it get this century? Latest climate models suggest it could be worse than we thought
Mathematical models are used to project the Earth’s future under a warming world, but a group of the latest models have included unexpectedly high values for “climate sensitivity”.
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We’ve analysed past climate variability and extremes to enhance our understanding of the underpinning climate drivers, and shed light on the extent to which these extreme events are influenced by …
