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If precipitation extremes are increasing, why aren’t floods?

November 17, 2018 Conrad Wasko (UNSW, UC Riverside), Ashish Sharma (UNSW)

It has been well established that rising temperatures are increasing precipitation extremes. It is natural to hence assume that the risk of flooding will also increase. However, contrary to this popular belief most published literature finds more evidence […]

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Growing evidence that plants play a role in hydrological non-stationarity

March 18, 2017 Hoori Ajami (University of California) and Simon Walker (OzEWEX) Leave a comment

A new study has found that vegetation plays a key role in driving hydrological non-stationarity across the Australian continent. The recent research, conducted by a team of scientists from Australia and the United States, showed runoff ratio’s sensitivity […]

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Drought of knowledge on Australian natural hazards

November 13, 2016 Simon Walker (OzEWEX) and Anthony Kiem (University of Newcastle) Leave a comment

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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