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Past El Niño events have brought drought and disruption to New Zealand. What might the coming one spell?
Reports of a rare summer La Niña are premature. It is also foolish to look at such climate drivers in isolation. But seasonal forecasting is becoming more complicated as the planet warms.
We modelled the climate during this period and discovered episodes of intense ocean heating.
The drought is driven by El Niño, an unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean that shifts weather patterns.
With smartphones as commonplace as towels and sunscreen in the beach bag, why not add coastal data collection to your list of holiday activities this summer? Look for the CoastSnap camera cradles.
Heat, floods and droughts create conditions for pathogens and their vectors.
El Niño looms large as we head into the Australian summer. But can everyone expect hot and dry weather? What drives the weather in your state?
A combination of climate change, a strong El Niño and an insistence on works of enormous impact are contributing to an unprecedented and extremely urgent situation in the region
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Head: Division of Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University
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Director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University and the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Plaform (KRISP)., Stellenbosch University
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Head Scientific Research Support, Stellenbosch University
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Postdoctoral Researcher of Pathogen Genomics, Stellenbosch University
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Pesquisador Vinculado ao Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM)
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Project Engineer, UNSW Water Research Laboratory
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Scientia Senior Lecturer, UNSW
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Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Senior Director, Transformation Strategies Department, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)