The 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave outstripped even the most severe climate prections. A new study simulated 45,000 years of weather at Seattle Tacoma airport to try and figure out why.
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The current estimate is that Earth would warm by 1.5°C to 4.5°C if emissions were to double on pre-industrial levels. The range has remained stubbornly wide, despite improved climate modelling.
The latest report on climate science comes on the heels of heatwaves, wildfires, flooding and storms. It will help policy-makers act on plans to curb emissions or adapt to climate change.
A new assessment found substantial warming is much more solidly assured than we thought.
New study shows low levels of future global warming are far less likely than previously thought. Very high warming is also slightly less likely.
The new values are a worrying outcome that no one wants, but one we must still grapple with.
The latest climate projections released last week by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO predict that Australia could potentially warm by between 2.8C and 5.1C by 2090. Meanwhile, the 2014 State of the…
The amount of global warming we can expect in the future has been a tough question to pin down. A new study that I led with colleagues in France has enabled us to come up with a more accurate analysis…
Humans are emitting CO2 and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. As these gases build up they trap extra heat and make the climate warmer. But how much warmer? Scientists have long understood that…
In the run-up to the publication of the Fifth assessment report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) there is the usual flurry of activity among those with an interest…
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Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor of Climate Science, University of Reading
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Adjunct professor, UNSW
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Principal Fellow, Met Office Hadley Centre and Professor, Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
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University of Manitoba
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University of Manitoba
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Climate Projections Scientist, CSIRO
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Principal Scientist -- Atmosphere and Climate, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
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Researcher, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
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Professor of Ocean and Climate Change, Australian National University
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Associate Research Scientist, NASA
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Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; Chief Investigator, ARC Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future; Professor, Monash University
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Met Office Head of Climate Impacts Research and Professor, University of Exeter
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Research Scientist in Atmospheric Physics, Met Office Hadley Centre