Whenever droughts occur in Australia, our ability to monitor, attribute, forecast and manage them is shown to be insufficient. That is the conclusion of a a new study by Australian researchers undertaken through OzEWEX, and published in the […]
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The Australian Water Resource Assessment Landscape (AWRA-L) Model is a 0.05° (approximately 5 km) gridded daily water balance model developed by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology for Water Resource assessment purposes (see Hafeez et al., 2015; Viney et […]
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Recent floods in New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria have reminded us of the power of our weather and rivers to wreak havoc on homes, business and even, tragically, lives. The journal Climatic Change has published a […]
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Generation Y has grown up in a rapidly warming world. According to the US National Climate Data Centre, every month since February 1985 has seen above average global temperatures, compared with the twentieth century. I have no memories […]
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These days, after an extreme weather event like a cyclone, bushfire, or major storm, it’s common to find people asking: was it climate change? We also often hear people saying it is impossible to attribute any single weather […]
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Every day, these scientists face evidence of climate change. They explain how they cope with the emotional burden of what they know. Scientist Charlie Veron says he was one of the first people to photograph bleached coral. […]
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Bushfires have been the most common natural disaster in New South Wales over the past decade, according to our study published today in Nature’s Scientific Reports. Our study, the first of its kind, looked at disaster declarations in […]
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The Australian Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO have released their fourth biennial State of the Climate Report. State of the Climate 2016 provides an update on the changes and long-term trends in Australia’s climate. The report’s observations are […]
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New South Wales water authorities have received a grilling at a state parliamentary inquiry into the management of waterways across the state. The cross-party committee held a hearing in Broken Hill on Wednesday, where members heard from Indigenous […]
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There are calls for more flood gauges across the Lachlan Valley in central west New South Wales after concerns about a lack of accurate data across areas affected by flooding. Water from Lake Cowal is filling large swathes […]
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As a kid growing up in Fiji, a howling cyclone was a chance to stay up late, swap ghost stories and eat specially-made Indian stuffed bread for Darwin meteorologist Angeline Prasad. “You obviously couldn’t sleep, there was wind […]
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Floodwaters can bring destruction to homes, crops and infrastructure but they can also bring life. One northern Victorian farmer, could not be happier with what the water is bringing to his property. Jamie McMaster moved to Yambuna near […]
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TERN data are being used to improve on estimates of Australia’s annual terrestrial carbon budget, and place Australian scientists and our modelling tools at the forefront of global carbon accounting efforts. As the world progresses towards a global […]
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According to data released by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this week, September 2016 was the second-hottest September on record globally. Until then, every month since April 2015 was the hottest for its month on […]
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Do you ever feel that the weather is worse on the weekend? Well you might be right! Our research, published in Environmental Research Letters, shows that in Australia’s biggest cites, the temperature is on average up to 0.3℃ […]
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Northern Australia is likely to experience an average or above-average number of tropical cyclones this summer, according to the Bureau’s annual Tropical Cyclone Season Outlook, issued last week. Given current climate drivers, that means we’re likely to see […]
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New research shows that satellite and model-based methods to estimate near-surface soil moisture both have their relative strengths and weaknesses – but not always in the ways science has assumed. Soil moisture plays a key role in the hydrological cycle and in governing […]
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Meet Ridgy, Enso, Indy, Sam, – the four new national climate dogs that explain the latest science behind the key climate drivers bringing wetter and drier years to Australia’s farms. And while they may look cute, these dogs […]
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HEPEX has a reputation as a strong community of like-minded, supportive researchers and practitioners who are collectively bent on significantly advancing the science and applications of ensemble hydrological forecasting. HEPEX provides a unique forum where meeting people and […]
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Tasmania has had a damaging year, with the island state hit by a series of bushfires and floods. Now a comprehensive new assessment of Tasmania’s exposure to natural disasters shows that bushfire remains the number one hazard to […]
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