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The answer will determine how hot the planet gets this century.
The world’s most powerful country threatens to once again leave the Paris agreement on climate change.
The usual ‘pre-industrial’ baseline already contains some human-caused warming. Our method uses a much earlier baseline.
Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of years ago.
‘Climate scientists’ are often understood as being a block of experts with monolithic beliefs. A new survey sheds considerable nuance onto the beliefs and perceptions of climate scientists.
Planet-scale oscillations in the atmosphere can wreak havoc with rainfall in Australia’s north, according to new research.
The answer is found on the other side of the Atlantic, where the Sahara Desert just had weeks of unprecedented rainfall.
When scientists claim that a policy is ‘just’, they sometimes can’t or don’t explain what they actually mean.
We modelled the climate during this period and discovered episodes of intense ocean heating.
A white box designed by Robert Louis Stevenson’s dad revolutionised weather monitoring, and is still in use.
But this is no long-term solution for storing carbon.
If you come across the same piece of misinformation several times, it will start to feel familiar – and familiar information feels more true.
Something extraordinary is happening above Antarctica, and it might bring unusual weather to the southern hemisphere for months to come.
Record heat, storms and floods reveal new extremes made possible by climate change.
The IPCC has set the agenda for global climate policy. No wonder countries are keen to influence its next round of reports.
By combining traditional weather modelling with machine learning, a new model promises to make high-quality forecasts much cheaper to produce.
New finding adds uncertainty to projections of how the climate will change in future.
The Juneau Icefield may now keep melting even if global warming stopped.
Everyone in the UK said June 2024 felt cold and miserable. But it was barely below the long-term average.
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Honorary Associate Professor of Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Host + Producer, The Conversation
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Director, Engagement and Impact, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Monash University
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Associate Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Weather of the 21st Century, Monash University
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds