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This term describes dramatic swings between different kinds of extreme weather.
The federal government’s role in disaster management has been to provide some funding. However, that limited role can lead to poor co-ordinaton.
In mountainous environments, logging can hasten snowmelt, leading to larger floods.
A powerful Super El Niño is looming. Africa has learned hard lessons from past climate disasters that could help the world prepare.
Citizens don’t just respond to disasters. They also respond to how governments manage them.
In 2022-23, a vast plume of floodwater from the Murray River delivered thousands of tonnes of organic material to the ocean – and a feeding bonanza began.
As people across Europe are having to acclimatise to an unprecedented heatwave, coordinated responses for tackling extreme heat need to come from the top, and there’s no time to lose.
Australia’s weather extremes are increasingly arriving back-to-back in a ‘weather whiplash’.
The science will tell us what is likely to happen. The harder question is whether that knowledge reaches people in a form they can feel and act on.
For many isiXhosa-speaking residents, disaster warnings arrive too late, or in language that is difficult to understand.
A landmark climate case before the African Court asks what African states must do to protect human rights, phase out fossil fuels, and tackle climate change.
From California to France and the UK, traditional private markets are buckling under the weight of climate claims.
Research shows we need to air grievances, find areas of agreement between warring factions and allow affected people and planners to debate what’s fair.
As climate crises deepen, Africa must turn its hard-won experience and local knowledge into global leadership on climate, health, food systems and clean energy.
Malaria is still endemic in Africa.
Beaver dams play a key role in the ecosystem but are often considered dangerous, even though they have a limited impact on flooding downstream.
Media reports have suggested a “super” El Niño is looming. The problem is, these autumn forecasts are notoriously unreliable.
Kenya faces extreme weather crises. Humanitarian aid must be part of the solution.
There’s has been no significant growth in crocodile numbers in the Top End in more than a decade. But that doesn’t mean floodwaters are safe.
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