The UK has seen drought conditions since 2018, but the flooding of June 2019 shouldn’t come as a surprise.
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Why does the impact of rain in a puddle look different from when it falls elsewhere, like in a lake or the ocean? A ‘puddle equation’ dives deep into the secret math of ripples.
A climatologist who studies precipitation trends explains how climate change is projected to make flooding events in the Midwest more severe and more frequent.
We can’t make it rain. But you are already helping if you don’t use more water than you need. And you can talk to your parents about the planet getting warmer, because the heat makes drought worse.
Satellites hundreds of miles overheard are helping scientists to predict drought, track floods and see how climate change is changing access to water resources.
A new biography sheds light on Engenas Lekganyane, founder of the Zion Christian Church.
Twice every day the Bureau of Meteorology sends out the official weather forecasts for towns and cities across Australia. Here’s how we work out what to say in them.
Bushfires across Queensland are fanned by high winds pushed north by a strong low in NSW.
When water turns from a gas into a liquid, it forms droplets. Whether those droplets are dew or rain depends on where the droplet forms.
Adapting to climate change means improving soil health, so it can hold more water (even during droughts).
After the warmest month on record, it looks like Australia will have an El Niño event – which means the drought is likely to continue.
Ants have many tricks to deal with rain – like holding their breath, blocking nest entrances or drinking excess water and releasing it elsewhere by ‘communal peeing.’ But can they see rain coming?
A weather expert explains where petrichor – that pleasant, earthy scent that accompanies a storm’s first raindrops – comes from.
Technology can only go so far in making sense of our vast and intricate atmosphere.
The beauty of rainwater harvesting is that anybody can do it.
Rapidly dropping temperatures, rain and wind are hitting south-eastern Australia, due to a perfect combination of warm seas and low-pressure systems.
It was the Seine’s rise and fall, in response to heavy rain, that inspired our current understanding of river systems.
To answer this question from Fiona, age 6, we need to know some things about clouds and light.
Last year saw plenty of warm weather around the country, but other notable events included dry months in the southeast, some very cold winter nights, and record-warm dry season days in the north.
Climate change can not be managed from a global perspective alone.
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Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science, University of Reading
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Adjunct Professor (Practice) in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Meteorology, University of Reading
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Chief Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO, CSIRO
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Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Associate Professor, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Adelaide University
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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Senior Research Associate, UNSW
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Senior Meteorologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Researcher, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, UNSW
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Regional and Rural Futures, Deakin University