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06 January 2017
For Australia’s climate, 2016 was a year of two halves. The year started with one of the strongest El Niño events on record in place in the Pacific Ocean, and the opening months of 2016 were generally hot and dry, especially in northern and eastern Australia. From May onwards there was a dramatic...
16 December 2016
Climate change made some of Australia’s 2015 extreme weather events more likely, according to research published today in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. As part of an annual review of global weather extremes, these studies focused on October 2015, which was the hottest on record for that...
09 December 2016
Rock fishing is a popular recreational activity but it’s also one of Australia’s most dangerous sports. In fact, on just a small strip of Sydney’s coast, the activity has claimed the lives of 17 people in the past decade. To increase safety along the State’s coastline the New South Wales...
21 November 2016
Excessive exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation causes almost all cases of skin cancer. We all need to learn about the potentially dangerous effects of UV) radiation and the steps we can take to limit our exposure. Two UV misconceptions: temperature and shade Ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels are not linked to...
16 November 2016
In 2016, an isolated scientific outpost in northwest Tasmania made a historic finding. The Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station measured carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere exceeding 400 parts per million. This wasn’t the first time the world has breached the symbolic climate change...
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