The stratospheric polar vortex high above Antarctica has rapidly heated up. These sudden bursts of heat can bring rapid weather changes in Australia
- Senior Lecturer in Atmospheric Science, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
Something extraordinary is happening above Antarctica, and it might bring unusual weather to the southern hemisphere for months to come.
Our new research predicts how Hunga Tonga’s vast underwater eruption in 2022 will change winters worldwide for years to come – as far away as Australia, North America and even Scandinavia.
Back when there were Arctic alligators and turtles, ‘polar stratospheric clouds’ kept their world warm. Research suggests these clouds contribute to the ‘missing warming’ in climate models.
Where there’s fire, there’s smoke – could plumes from the Black Summer of fire have cooled regions of the Pacific and triggered a La Niña? New research suggests it’s possible.
The creation of climate models with open source code, available for anyone to use, has improved scientific collaboration and helped research get more efficient.
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