Extreme weather
Snow possible for southern Queensland as mid-week cold snap looms
Temperatures will suddenly plummet in Queensland’s south-eastern corner and central parts of the state.
- by Toby Crockford
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Wild wintry weather to batter, soak and freeze south-eastern Australia
The first big cold front of winter will whip up dust, dump hail and snow, and send the mercury tumbling before developing into a rain band.
- by Peter Hannam
A million years of data confirms that monsoons are getting worse
Scientists drilled into the mudbanks on the Bay of Bengal to measure the impact of millenia of rainy seasons.
- by John Schwartz
Climate change blamed for more than a third of heat-related deaths
Human-caused global warming was responsible for many thousands of heat-related deaths in recent decades, a fraction of the numbers expected in the future even if nations adopt ambitious emissions-cutting efforts.
- by Peter Hannam
How 21 runners lost their lives in a Chinese ultramarathon
The last time anyone saw Huang Guanjun alive, he was climbing a steep, rocky slope. Wind howled. Hail and rain pounded, but Huang heard nothing. He ran, like always, in silence.
- by Alice Su and Los Angeles Times
Winter outlook points to a milder if wetter than usual season ahead
Most of Australia including NSW and Victoria can expect a milder-than-average winter with the odds favouring more rain than usual at least for June.
- by Peter Hannam
‘Not just dropping off a twig’: How climate impacts may be underestimated
The potential underestimation of the likely effects of a warming world is a key finding by an international team of scientists who examined 43 species of flies for tolerance to extreme heat.
- by Peter Hannam
Anger as 21 die in China cross-country race hit by extreme weather
Critics are blaming a “man-made calamity” after at least 20 people running a mountain marathon cross-country race have died in north-western China on a high-altitude track.
- by Ryan Woo
School climate strikes resume around Australia with more to come
NSW students have vowed to continue regular strikes for climate action, defying inclement weather and a demand by the NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell to stay in school.
- by Peter Hannam
Climate-proofing impossible without better models and super-computing
Investments worth trillions of dollars to help protect people and assets in a warming world could be wasted without more powerful computer models to predict exposure to climate change.
- by Peter Hannam