Mandy Freund

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The coral reef of Rarotonga helped scientists create a better climate history. Corey Huber

El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records

Mandy Freund, The University of Melbourne; Ben Henley, The University of Melbourne; David Karoly, CSIRO; Helen McGregor, University of Wollongong, and Nerilie Abram, Australian National University

El Niño events can affect millions of people around the world, causing drought in Australia and floods in the Americas.
Places such as Berri were affected by Millennium Drought, caused by low cool-season rain. New materials and techniques are now being used to observe drought causes and water patterns in Australia’s history to help the future. Gary Sauer-Thompson/flickr

Recent Australian droughts may be the worst in 800 years

Mandy Freund, The University of Melbourne; Ben Henley, The University of Melbourne; Kathryn Allen, The University of Melbourne, and Patrick Baker, The University of Melbourne

Australia has always suffered heat and flood, but a detailed seasonal rainfall reconstruction of the last 800 years shows the extremes are intensifying.
Firefighters fight forest fire in Indonesia, triggered in part by El Nino. EPA/RONY MUHARRMAN

Meet El Niño’s cranky uncle that could send global warming into hyperdrive

Ben Henley, The University of Melbourne; Andrew King, The University of Melbourne; Chris Folland, Met Office Hadley Centre; David Karoly, The University of Melbourne; Jaci Brown, CSIRO, and Mandy Freund, The University of Melbourne

We’re due to cop a hiding from the Pacific Ocean, but we don’t know when.

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