August 30, 2024
Australia experienced its second-wettest spring on record in 2022. Record-breaking rainfall and saturated soils across eastern parts of the country led to widespread flooding. Did climate change influence the triple La Niña and extremely wet conditions in 2020-2022? What’s the likelihood of similar events happening in the future?
August 26, 2024
Will extreme rainfall events become more intense in the future? Climate scientists expect extreme rainfall events to become more intense as the world warms, increasing the risk to many Australian communities already affected by flash flooding. Our researcher are finding out more about the risks of extreme rainfall that we are likely to experience.
June 25, 2024
Extreme event attribution (EEA) information is increasingly in demand from climate services. EEA messages can: raise awareness about the effect climate change has already imposed,…
April 22, 2024
The emerging field of extreme event attribution (EEA) allows scientists to establish the causes of extreme weather and the role of climate change in altering…
January 5, 2024
Attribution science allows us to understand the signal of climate change in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. As extreme events increasingly impact…
December 7, 2023
The cool-season (May to October) rainfall decline in southwestern Australia deepened during 2001–2020 to become 20.5% less than the 1901–1960 reference period average, with a…
December 6, 2023
Understanding large-scale linkages can provide insights into improving our seasonal forecasts and regional projections. Being uniquely positioned, Australia’s climate is influenced by the Pacific, Indian…
November 28, 2023
Extreme event attribution is a rapidly growing field of climate science with important implications for public and government understanding of human-induced climate change. However, there…
October 18, 2023
Naturally occurring tropical Pacific variations at timescales of 7–70 years — tropical Pacific decadal variability (TPDV) — describe basin-scale sea surface temperature (SST), sea-level pressure…
September 6, 2023
Southeastern Australia experienced an extreme heatwave event from 27 January to 8 February 2009, which culminated in the devastating “Black Saturday” bushfires that led to…