Jamie Cleverly

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March 25, 2022

In 20 years of studying how ecosystems absorb carbon, here’s why we’re worried about a tipping point of collapse

Caitlin Moore, The University of Western Australia; David Campbell, University of Waikato; Helen Cleugh, Australian National University; Jamie Cleverly, James Cook University; Jason Beringer, The University of Western Australia; Lindsay Hutley, Charles Darwin University, and Mark Grant, The University of Queensland

As climate change pressures intensify, ecosystems may lose their ability to bounce back from disasters.

Dry period in semi-arid central Australia. James Cleverly

December 5, 2016

Australia’s ‘great green boom’ of 2010‑11 has been undone by drought

Xuanlong Ma, University of Technology Sydney; Alfredo Huete, University of Technology Sydney; Ben Poulter, NASA; Derek Eamus, University of Technology Sydney, and Jamie Cleverly, University of Technology Sydney

Extreme wet years are getting wetter and more common. This means Australia’s terrestrial ecosystems will play a larger role in the global carbon cycle.

Things got very wet, very quickly, in Brisbane in 2011. AAP Image/Dave Hunt

March 15, 2016

Droughts and flooding rains: it takes three oceans to explain Australia’s wild 21st‑century weather

Jamie Cleverly, University of Technology Sydney and Derek Eamus, University of Technology Sydney

Since 1999, Australia has swung between drought and deluge with surprising speed, because El Niño has fallen into sync with similar patterns in the Indian and Southern Oceans.

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In 20 years of studying how ecosystems absorb carbon, here’s why we’re worried about a tipping point of collapse

Australia’s ‘great green boom’ of 2010‑11 has been undone by drought

Droughts and flooding rains: it takes three oceans to explain Australia’s wild 21st‑century weather

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