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As the FIFA World Cup kicks off, researchers take a look at the impact of climate change on the future of soccer.
Rain and floods mean mozzie numbers are booming. Australia has around 300 different mosquito species, but they can’t all make us sick, or even bite.
With Australia experiencing its third year of a La Niña weather cycle, First Nations communities continue to be disproportionately impacted by floods. Culturally safe solutions are needed.
Does the Global North have a moral responsibility to protect and compensate those in the Global South that disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change devastation?
Floods upend the plans of humans and wildlife – but after the water calms, it’s boom time for nature.
Jessie Cole’s memoir traces a love affair: a long-distance relationship with an unnamed, older lover. It’s set against layers of thinking about love, desire, bodies and ecological disaster.
Natural disasters associated with climate change put people at risk of injury and death, and alter the prevalence and distribution of illnesses and infectious diseases.
Despite the impact of flooding on food security, it is not recognised as a threat by policymakers.
We wanted to find out how agencies and communities are heeding the lessons of past floods to manage the wet summer
People who live with dementia and those who care for them are at increased risk of social isolation and loneliness. That can make floods and other emergencies especially distressing and dangerous.
Proper dam management can help check flooding in Nigeria.
Nigerians’ capacity to prevent, cope with and reduce flood risks is determined by access to housing, transport, drainage, income and education.
Nigeria must adopt a multi-pronged approach to address its flooding menace and minimise the effects.
Farmers face a multitude of challenges in future. Crops and livestock are not only on the line, but also the mental health of rural communities.
Processes like La Niña set the scene for the sort of extreme weather that has hit eastern Australia. But what decides which towns and suburbs are hit hardest, and which ones are spared?
2022 has been Australia’s year of freak floods. Here’s what stricken Victorians are set to experience in the weeks and months ahead.
Worsening droughts and flooding likely threaten the future of cotton farming – by far the most important crop in the basin.
The water shortage on the old continent, the most intense in recent centuries, is due to the expansion of the Azores anticyclone. Its effects are becoming increasingly apparent.
Framing floods as ‘natural disasters’ deflects from the reality that vulnerability must exist before a crisis can emerge.
Top contributors
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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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Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science, University of Reading
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Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, Climate Science and Science Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Associate, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Adelaide University
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Senior Research Associate, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Macquarie University
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Senior Research Fellow, The University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia