Will we get fewer tropical cyclones in the future, or not?
December 1, 2023
Attention is now focused on the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Hub researchers Dr Savin Chand and Dr Hamish Ramsay explore the debate…
Understanding how Australia’s climate drivers influence extreme climate
December 1, 2023
Helen Bloustein from the Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action is a hub knowledge broker. Together with hub scientists Dr Christine Chung and…
What will the global stocktake say for adaptation?
November 29, 2023
The world’s first stocktake on climate action will be released at COP28 in Dubai. It has been called an inventory of everything related to where…
WCRP Open Science Conference
November 6, 2023
The world’s leading climate scientists came together at the end of October at the once-in-a-decade Open Science Conference of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)…
Already at the extremes: climate adaptation for biodiversity conservation in arid Australia
November 3, 2023
Dr Katherine Tuft is Chief Executive of Arid Recovery, an independent not-for-profit running pioneering conservation science to help threatened species thrive across the Australian outback….
Even temporary global warming above 2°C will affect life in the oceans for centuries
October 17, 2023
There is growing consensus that our planet is likely to pass the 1.5°C warming threshold. Research even suggests global warming will temporarily exceed the 2°C threshold, if atmospheric carbon…
Australia’s Earth System Model – Exploring a range of possible emissions scenarios and what they mean for Australia
October 12, 2023
We cannot predict the future, but we can explore different climate policies using the same global climate and earth system models that run long-term…
Rain Check: Are our climate models up to the task of predicting extreme weather?
October 3, 2023
Professor Jason Evans from the University of New South Wales Climate Change Research Centre, the Climate Systems Hub and the ARC Centre of Excellence for…
The green energy surge still isn’t enough for 1.5 degrees. We’ll have to overshoot, adapt and soak up carbon dioxide
September 29, 2023
It was a rare bit of good news on climate. The International Energy Agency this week released its latest net zero roadmap, showing it was still…
Faster disaster: climate change fuels ‘flash droughts’, intense downpours and storms
September 29, 2023
The run of extreme weather events around the world seems to be never-ending. After the northern summer of extreme heat and disastrous fires, we’ve seen…
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