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Urban surface temperature and exposure to extreme heat are rising due to climate warming and population growth, strongest in cold and arid cities, according to satellite observations and population da...

Mountains of ice far away in the northern hemisphere surely couldn’t change rainfall in Australia – or could they?

Limited influence of climate modes of variability on residual load in Australia's electricity grid, Richardson, Doug, Hobeichi, Sanaa, Pitman, Andy J

Chris Cvitanovic, Tracy Ainsworth, Annette Breckwoldt, Amy Diedrich, Michael Fabinyi, Priscila Lopes, Albert Norström, Stefan Partelow, Gretta Pecl, Jerneja Penca, Vitor Renck, Alex Sen Gupta, Jan M. ...

We find no clear evidence that Zonal Wave 3 meaningfully influences overall Antarctic SIA Regional effects on sea ice from alternating equatorward and poleward wind anomalies generally cancel out...

Machine learning-based spatial modelling of lightning occurrence informed by terrain characteristics, Rahmani, Sima, Evans, Jason P, Sharples, Jason

Abstract Numerous studies have explored the use of neural networks trained to serve as surrogates for predicting subgrid physical processes in atmospheric models solving physical equations. Here, we e...

More than 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouses goes into the ocean. But what happens in the oceans doesn’t stay there.

Abstract Despite extensive research on the Eastern Pacific (EP) and Central Pacific (CP) El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) impacts on Australia’s climate, the physical mechanisms by which these two ...

Will urbanization amplify heatwave risk in Indonesia’s new capital city?, Fitria, Ressy, Lopez-Bravo, Clemente, Pitman, Andy J, Evans, Jason P, Nazarian, Negin

This paper defines a "stalling" type of weather system. It is defined as extratropical cyclone which remains near-stationary and produces extreme rainfall. This definition selects weather systems whic...

How hailstorms change with warming is not well understood. Here the authors use global projections with different hail proxies to show that hail-prone conditions shift polewards under warming, also sh...

A new study shows it does rain more in cities, but the trend over time has been exaggerated by changes in satellites.

Temperature regulates the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere. Clouds produce rainfall by converting water vapour into liquid rain drops, thus linking surface temperatures to rainfall amounts. Te...

Urban rainfall trends in IMERG datasets, Sharma, Shankar, Evans, Jason P, Pitman, Andy J, Behrangi, Ali

Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Record-breaking extreme rainfall impacted Australia’s east coast from February to April 2022, causing severe flooding across the region. To explore the...

Observed and projected increases in short-duration extreme precipitation under climate change over Greater Sydney, Khadke, Leena, Evans, Jason P, Kim, Youngil, Virgilio, Giovanni Di, Kala, Jatin

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a vast current that helps move water and energy right around our planet, from top to bottom. Scientists say it is slowing down — and might sto...

At present, only 13.4% of the global land surface meets the World Meteorological Organization requirements for annual precipitation monitoring.

Wind power growth drives winter risk and supply-dominated variability in Australia’s energy system, Richardson, Doug, McConnell, Dylan, Pitman, Andrew J, Hobeichi, Sanaa

Climate Dynamics - Organised tropical convection is strongly influenced by intraseasonal convectively coupled waves (CCWs), particularly Kelvin waves and the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)....

Join the Totally Cooked team and guest experts to explore the stratosphere, ozone, and jet stream—and how they shape our weather and climate.

Abstract. The exchange of carbon, water, and energy fluxes between the land and the atmosphere plays a vital role in shaping global change and extreme events. Yet our understanding of the theory of th...

UNSW research shows droughts are lasting longer in Australia, particularly in regions where most people live.

Global warming and urban heat pose severe risks to residents of often outdated, non-HVAC social housing in Australia, particularly vulnerable low-income households experiencing energy poverty. These r...

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) profoundly affects Australian weather, climate, ecosystems and socio-economic sectors. This Review presents...

The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) has shifted towards its positive phase owing to ozone depletion and increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. This Review discusses the dynamics, trends and projections...

As machines get better at data analysis and writing tasks, doctoral training must evolve to make the most of artificial-intelligence outputs.

Abstract. Australia frequently experiences severe and widespread droughts, causing impacts on food security, the economy, and human health. Despite this, recent research to comprehensively understand ...

From unique wildlife to resilient microbes, world-changing climate dynamics to untapped biotechnological potential – four UNSW scientists outline what makes Antarctica a laboratory like no other.

Household electrification has been proposed as a strategy to reshape residential energy consumption to better align with the variability of a 100 % re…

The stratospheric polar vortex high above Antarctica has rapidly heated up. These sudden bursts of heat can bring rapid weather changes in Australia