The science behind Europe’s extreme heat is clear. The response isn’t.
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Europe is the fastest warming continent – almost all of its heat records have been broken in the 21st century.
Our work shows the ocean around Fiji is the hottest it has been in at least the past 653 years.
The global average temperature could continue to hover around 1.5°C for several years.
The world can expect fewer severe cold events as average temperatures rise, but people still need to be prepared for wintery blasts.
Canada, and particularly the Canadian Arctic, is warming at a considerably higher rate than the global average. The consequences for Canada could be devastating.
The preliminary global-average temperature anomaly for September is a shocking 1.7°C. These are the drivers of current record-breaking heat.
Europe is gripped by a heatwave called Cerberus - it may be a sign of things to come.
The last time England was this hot in June a young Queen Victoria sat on the throne.
The UK recorded blistering hot temperatures as the US and Europe also experienced sweltering heat waves.
Climate models are likely underestimating the true severity of future warming in urban areas.
The high temperatures and wildfires of 2019 were thought to have heralded a freak summer for the Arctic. Then 2020 brought worse.
A new study lays bare the average summer heat people in the UK can expect by century’s end.
Models have predicted for some time that with every degree of global warming, the Arctic will see double or more.
Older records can tell us a lot about Australia’s pre-industrial climate, before the large-scale burning of fossil fuels tainted global temperature records.
‘Wet-bulb’ temperature records show that deadly thresholds for heat and humidity are arriving faster than anticipated.
Climate science is now firmly part of the zeitgeist.
With New South Wales suffering winter bushfires and temperature records tumbling around the globe, our leaders in Canberra have picked a bad time to jettison climate policy in favour of political bickering.
From Greece, to the UK, to Japan and even Sweden, a slew of places in the Northern Hemisphere are suffering extreme heat. And the chances of extreme heat records tumbling are growing all the time.
An annual assessment of the health of Australia’s environment shows mostly stable conditions in 2017, but ecosystems on land and at sea suffered ever higher temperatures.
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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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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Climate Science, University of Reading
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Adjunct professor, UNSW
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Deputy Director, Engagement and Impact, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University
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Honorary Associate Professor of Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW
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PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Climate Projections Scientist, CSIRO
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Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Australian Bureau of Meteorology